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 till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, 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 till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Hey farmer, farmer put away your D.D.T.
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 till 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?
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Listen late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
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
Well don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey, hey, hey
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Now you wanna giving it all away
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Cause you giving it all away
Hey, hey, givin it all, givin it all away
Why do you want me?
Why do you want me? (She's giving it all away)
Cause you're giving it all away
Hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot