They paved paradise and they put
Up a parking lot
With a pink hotel and a boutique
And a swinging high spot
Don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and they put
Up a parking lot
Took all the trees
Put them in a tree museum
And they charge all the people a dollar
And I have just to see you
Don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise and they put
Up a parking lot
Hey farmer farmer put away that ditty now
If he spoils all my apples
Leave me the birds and the bees
Don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise and they put
Up a parking lot
Late last night I heard that screen door slam
And a big yellow tractor
Come and pushed around my house
Pushed around my land and I said
Don't it always seem to go
Don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and they put
Up a parking lot
Late last night I heard that scream the slam again
And I beg your taxi
Come and took away my old man again
Don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and they put
Up a parking lot
Oh they paved paradise and they put
Up a parking lot
Yeah they paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
They put up a parking lot
They put up a parking lot