They paved paradise and put up a parking 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've got till it's gone.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,
give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.
Late last night I heard the screen door slam and a big yellow taxi took away my old man
Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot