Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics - Counting Crows

They paved paradise 

And put up a parking lot 

With a pink hotel, a boutique 

And a swinging hot spot 

Don't it always seem to go 

That you don't know what you've got til its 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 seem 'em 

No no no 

Don't it always seem to go, 

That you don't know what you've got 

Til its gone 

They paved paradise 

And put up a parking lot 

Hey farmer farmer 

Put away the 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've got 

Til its gone 

They paved paradise 

And put up a parking lot 

Hey, now they paved paradise 

To put up a parking lot 

Why not? 

Listenin' 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've got 

Til its gone 

They paved paradise 

And put up a parking lot 

Hey now, now 

Don't it always seem to go 

That you don't know what you got 

Til its gone 

They paved paradise 

To put up a parking lot 

Why not? 

They paved paradise 

To put up a parking lot 

Hey hey hey 

Paved paradise 

To put up a parking lot 

I don't want give it 

Why you want give, 

Why you want give it all away? 

Hey hey hey 

Now you want give it, 

Ah she want to give it 

Cause she givin' it all away 

Now now now 

I don't want give it 

Why you want give, 

Why you want give it all away? 

Giving it all, giving it all away 

Why you want it? 

Why do you want it? (She's giving it all away) 

Hey pave paradise 

Put up a parking lot