They paid Paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Well, don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone?
They paid Paradise and put up a parking lot
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
Well, don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone?
They paid Paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey, farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
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 paid Paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey, now, they paid Paradise to put up a parking lot
Listen, late last night, I heard this green door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
Now, don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone?
They paid Paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey, now, now, don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone?
They paid Paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
They paid Paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey, hey, hey
They paid Paradise to put up a parking lot
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it?
Why you wanna giving it all away?
Hey, hey, hey
Why you wanna give it?
I should wanna give it
Cause you're giving it all away
Now, now, now
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it?
Why you wanna giving it all away?
Hey, hey, hey
Why you wanna give it?
I should wanna give it
Cause you're giving it all away
Now, now, now
Cause you're giving it all away
Now, now, now
They paid Paradise to put up a parking lot
Now, now, now