They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Ooh, bop bop bop Ooh, bop bop bop
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 got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot Ooh, bop bop bop Ooh, bop bop bop
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 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot Why not?
Ooh, bop bop bop Ooh, bop bop bop
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
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