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 'till it's gone

They paved paradise

And put up a parking lot

They took all the trees

And put 'em in a tree museum

And they charged the people

A dollar and a half to seem them

Now, now, now

Don't it always seem to go,

That you don't know

what you've got 'till it's gone

They paved 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've got 'till it's gone

They paved paradise

And put up a parking lot

Hey now,

They paved paradise

To put up a parking lot

Why not?

Listen late last night

I heard the screen 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've got 'till it's gone

They paved paradise

And put up a parking lot

Hey now, now

Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know

what you've got 'till it's gone

They paved paradise

To put up a parking lot

Why not

They paved paradise

To put a parking lot

Hey hey hey

Paved paradise

Put up a parking lot

I don't want give it

Why you want give it,

Why you want givin it all away?

Hey, hey, hey

Now you want give it,

Ah she wanna give it

If she givin it all away

Now, now,

I don't want give it

Why you want give it,

Why you want givin it all away?

Come on, givin it all, givin it all away

Yeah, yeah

'Cause she givin it all away

Hey, hey, yeah

Hey pave paradise

Put up a parking lot