So they paved paradise
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And put up a parking lot
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With a pink hotel
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A boutique
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And a swinging night spot.
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
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They paved paradise
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Put up a parking lot.
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They took all the trees
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Put 'em in a tree museum
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And they charged all the people
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An arm and a leg just to see 'em
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
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They paved paradise
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Put up a parking lot.
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Hey farmer
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Put away your DDT
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Give me spots on my apples
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But leave me the birds and bees
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Please
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Don't it always seem to go
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You don't know what you got 'til it's gone
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They paved paradise
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And they put up a parking lot.
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Late last night
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I heard the screen door slam
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And a big yellow taxi come and took away my old man.
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Don't it always seem to go
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You don't know what you got 'til it's gone
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They paved paradise
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Put up a parking lot.
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Big Yellow Taxi 2007
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| Joni Mitchell |
