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
♪ They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar and half to see 'em 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, farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. Gimme the spots on my apples, and 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 You paved paradise and put up a parking lot ♪ Is it late last night I heard the scream 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 'til it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot They paved paradise and put up a parking lot