They paved paradise and put up a parkin' 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 till it's gone

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot



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

Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you got till it's gone

They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot



Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

I don't care about spots on my apples,

LEAVE me the birds and the bees

Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you got till 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?



Listen, late last night, 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 till 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 till it's gone

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Well now, they paved paradise

And put up a parking lot



I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

Why you wanna givin it all away

Hey, hey, hey

Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it

Now you wanna givin it all away



Hey, paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot