they paved paradise and put up a parking lot
with a pink hotel a boutique and a swingin’ hot spot
don’t it always seem to go
that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
they paved paradise put up a parking lot
shoobopbopbopbop
shoobopbopbopbop
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
that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
they paved paradise put up a parking lot
shoobopbopbopbop
shoobopbopbopbop
hey farmer farmer put away the ddt now
give me spots on my apples
but leave me the birds and the bees please
don’t it always seem to go
that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
they paved paradise put up a parking lot
shoobopbopbopbop
shoobopbopbopbop
4
late last night i heard the screen door slam
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man
don’t it always seem to go
that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
they paved paradise put up a parking lot
shoobopbopbopbop
i said don’t it always seem to go
that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
they paved paradise put up a parking lot
shoobopbopbopbop
they paved paradise put up a parking lot
shoobopbopbopbop
they paved paradise put up a parking lot
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Year: 1970
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 131