They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spotDon't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lotThey took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'emDon't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lotHey farmer, farmer
Put away the DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees, pleaseDon't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lotLate last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old manDon't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lotI said, "Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot"They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot