They paved paradise and put up a parkin' 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 till it's 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 see them

No, no, no, 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




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 till it's gone

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot


Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot


Why not?




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 till it's 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 till it's gone


They paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Why not, they paved paradise


They put up a parking lot


Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot




I don't wanna give it


Why you wanna give it

Why you wanna givin it all away


Hey, hey, hey


Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it

'cause you're givin it all away, no no




I don't wanna give it


Why you wanna give it

Why you wanna givin it all away

'cause you're givin it all givin it all away yeah yeah


'cause You're givin it all away




Hey, paved paradise, to put up a parking lot

la,la, la, la, la, la, na ,na, na, na, na, nah

Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot