Big Yellow Taxi
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
with a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Chorus:
Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Wabababa, shoo-wabababa
2. They took all the trees, put ‘em in a tress museum
Then they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see ‘em
Chorus
3. Hey, farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees. Please!
Chorus
4. Late last night, 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’ve got ’til it’s gone
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Wabababa, I said
Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot! ha ha ha!
