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
You don't know what you've got
"Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you've got
'Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Hey farmer farmer
Put away that d.d.t. now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
Don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you've got
'Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Late last night
I heard that screen door slam
And a big yellow tractor came and
Pushed around my house
Pushed around my land
And I said, don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Late last night
I heard that screen door slam again
And a big yellow taxi come and
Took away my old man again
Don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you've got
'Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot