Lyrics:

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

Ooh, bop-bop-bop
Ooh, 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

Ooh, bop-bop-bop
Ooh, bop-bop-bop

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

Ooh, bop-bop-bop
Ooh, bop-bop-bop


Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away

Now, 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-na-na, 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
Why not? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey, hey, hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Ooh, bop-bop-bop
Ooh, bop-bop-bop

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
'Cause you wanna giving it all away
No, no
I don't wanna give it, why you wanna give it
Why you wanna give it all away
'Cause you're giving it all, giving it all away
Yeah, yeah

Why do you want me?
Why do you want to?
'Cause you're givin' it all away, hey, hey, hey
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la