They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique

And a swinging hot spot

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Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know
What you've got til it's gone

They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Shoo bop bop bop bop

Shoo bop bop bop bop

They took all the trees

Put em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see em


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Hey, farmer, farmer
Put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples

But leave me the birds
And the bees, please


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Late last night

I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man


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I said
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They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Shoo bop bop bop bop

They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot