They paved paradise
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

They took all the trees
And put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all 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 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 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

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

Don’t it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got
'Til it's gone