Big Yellow Taxi

They pave paradise, they put up a parking lot
 A pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot
 Don't it always go to show?
 You never know what you got 'til it's gone
 They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot
 (Chu, pa-pa, pa-pa chu pa-pa, pa-pa)
 They took all the trees, they put them in a tree museum
 They charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them
 Don't it always go to show?
 You never know what you got 'til it's gone
 They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot
 (Chu, pa-pa, pa-pa chu pa-pa, pa-pa)
 Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT
 Give me spots on my Apples but leave e the birds and the bees, please
 Don't it always go to show?
 You never know what you got 'til it's gone
 They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot
 (Chu, pa-pa, pa-pa chu pa-pa, pa-pa)
 Late last night I heard my screen door slam
 A big yellow bulldozer took away the house and land
 Don't it always go to show?
 You never know what you got 'til it's gone
 They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot (chu, pa-pa, pa-pa)
 They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot (chu, pa-pa, pa-pa)
 They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot (chu, pa-pa, pa-pa)
 They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot (chu, pa-pa, pa-pa)