Big yellow taxi

BIG YELLOW TAXI

They've paved streetparadiseforest and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotelhousepanter , a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to begoplay
That you don't know what you've got till it's gonewentgo
They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot

They took all the trees, and put them in a tree housemuseumzoo
And they charged the people a dollar and a dollartwohalfto see them
No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They've paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT*
I don't care about spots on my applesbananasoranges,
Leave me the insectsspidersbeesand the animalsbirdstrees- please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you’ve got ‘till it's gone
They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?

Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door swing,
And a big pinkredyellowtaxi took my girl away
Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone          X2
They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Why not, they've paved paradise
They put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot

I don't wanna give it,
Why you wanna give it,
Why you wanna give it all away?
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Cuz you're givin it all away, no no

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna give it all away
Cuz you're giving it all giving it all away yeah yeah
Cuz You're giving it all away hey, hey, hey