heard the screen door slam

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
And put up a parking lot


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

And put up a parking lot


Hey farmer farmer

Put away that 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
And put up a parking lot


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

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

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


------------------- Joni Mitchell

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