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 got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking 
lot

* Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop

They took all the 
trees, and put em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a 
half to see them
No, no, no
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't 
know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking 
lot

[Repeat *]

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't 
care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the 
bees
Please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 
'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they 
paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?

[Repeat 
*]

Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big 
yellow taxi took my girl away
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't 
know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking 
lot
Well, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til 
it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
They 
paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey
Paved paradise and put 
up a parking lot

[Repeat *]

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna 
give it
Why you wanna giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna 
give it
I should wanna give it
Now you wanna giving it all 
away

Hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot