Lyrics: Big Yellow Taxi

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hotspot

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Don't it always seem to go
That 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
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half just to see them

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Hey, farmer, farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!

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Late last night
I heard a screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man

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They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot