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 got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Ooh, bop-bop-bop Ooh, bop-bop-bop (na-na-na-na-na) 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 (oh-oh, na-na-na-na-na) 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 to put up a parking lot Hey, now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot Ooh, bop-bop-bop (why not?) Ooh, bop-bop-bop Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door sway 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 to put up a parking lot Hey, now, now, don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's 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 Ooh, bop-bop-bop Ooh, bop-bop-bop I don't wanna give it, why you wanna give it? Why you wanna give it all away? Hey, hey, hey Now you wanna give it, ah, she wanna give it 'Cause she's giving it all away, now, now 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 d'you want me? Why do you want to...? (She's giving 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, na-na-na-na, na-na-na
