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 till it�s gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop, shoo-bop-bop-bop
They took all the trees and put �em in a tree museum
And then they charged all the poeple twenty-five bucks just to see �em
Don�t it always seem to go
That you don�t know what you�ve got till it�s gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop, shoo-bop-bop-bop
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your 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 till it�s gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
I say, they paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Don�t it always seem to go
That you don�t know what you�ve got till it�s gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man
Don�t it always seem to go
That you don�t know what you�ve got till it�s gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Don�t it always seem to go
That you don�t know what you�ve got till it�s gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Oh, now, they paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Hey, steam rolled paradise and put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
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 till it�s gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop, shoo-bop-bop-bop
They took all the trees and put �em in a tree museum
And then they charged all the poeple twenty-five bucks just to see �em
Don�t it always seem to go
That you don�t know what you�ve got till it�s gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop, shoo-bop-bop-bop
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your 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 till it�s gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
I say, they paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Don�t it always seem to go
That you don�t know what you�ve got till it�s gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man
Don�t it always seem to go
That you don�t know what you�ve got till it�s gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Don�t it always seem to go
That you don�t know what you�ve got till it�s gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Oh, now, they paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Hey, steam rolled paradise and put up a parking lot
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop