Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics

They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them

No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples
Leave me the birds and the bees, please

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parkin' lot, why not?

Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door swing
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away

Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise, put up a parkin' lot

Hey now now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parkin' lot, why not?
They paved paradise to put up a parkin' lot
Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it? Why you wanna givin' it all away?
Hey, hey, hey, now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it 'cuz you're givin' it all away, no no

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it? Why you wanna givin' it all away?
'Cuz you're givin' it all, givin it all away, yeah, yeah
Why you wanna? Why do you want to?
Hey, paved paradise to put up a parkin' lot