Big Yellow Taxi

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've got 'til it's gone
 They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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 They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
 And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
 Don't it always seem to go
 That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
 They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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 Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now
 Give me spots on my apples
 But leave me the birds and the bees
 Don't it always seem to go
 That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
 They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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 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 and put up a parking lot
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 Don't it always seem to go
 That you don't know what you've got 'til 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