They paved paradise and put up a parking lotWith a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooh, bop-bop-bopOoh, bop-bop-bop (na-na-na-na-na)
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museumAnd they charged the people a dollar and a half to see themNo, no, no
Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooh, bop-bop-bopOoh, bop-bop-bop (oh-oh, na-na-na-na-na)
Hey, farmer, farmer, put away your DDTI don't care about spots on my applesLeave me the birds and the beesPlease!
Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?They paved paradise to put up a parking lotHey, 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 swayAnd a big yellow taxi took my girl awayNow, don't it always seem to goThat 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 goThat you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?They paved paradise to put up a parking lotWhy not? They paved paradise to put up a parking lotHey, hey, hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Ooh, bop-bop-bopOoh, bop-bop-bop
I don't wanna give it, why you wanna give it?Why you wanna give it all away? Hey, hey, heyNow you wanna give it, ah, she wanna give it'Cause she's giving it all away, now, nowI 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-laHey, paved paradise to put up a parking lotLa-la, la-la-la, na-na-na-na, na-na-na