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

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
Then they charged the people a dollar and a half 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

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop 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 got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop

Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi come and 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
(ooooh, bop bop bop bop)
I said, 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
(ooooh, bop bop bop bop)
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(ooooh, bop bop bop bop)
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot