Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise,
put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel,
a boutique and a swinging hot spot
Well,
they took all the trees,
put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see them
Now,
don't it always seem to go That you
don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Late last night, I heard the screen doors slam
Oh,
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man
Now,
don't it
always seem to go That you don't know what you got till it's
gone Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone They paved paradise,
put up a parking lot
Hey,
farmer, farmer, you put away that DDT now
Well,
give me spots on my apples,
but leave me the birds and bees
Please!
Don't it
always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Well,
late last night,
I heard the screen doors slam
Oh,
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man Now,
don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Well, they paved paradise, put up a parking lot