Maire Brennan - Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics
They paved paradiseAnd put up a parking lotWith a pink hotel, a boutiqueAnd a swinging hotspotChorus:Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you've got'Til it's goneThey paved paradiseAnd put up a parking lotThey took all the treesAnd put them in a tree museumAnd they charged all the peopleA dollar and a half just to see them(Chorus)Hey, farmer, farmerPut away that DDT nowGive me spots on my applesBut leave me the birds and the beesPlease!(Chorus)Late last nightI heard a screen door slamAnd a big yellow taxiTook away my old man(Chorus twice)They paved paradiseAnd put up a parking lotThey paved paradiseAnd put up a parking lot