They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel
A Boutique and a swinging hot spot
Well, 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 parking lot
They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see them
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 parking lot
Hey farmer, farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me the spots on my apples
But 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 parking lot
Last night I heard
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
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 parking lot
I said, 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 parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Yes they did