They paved paradise
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And put up a parking lot
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With a pink hotel, a boutique
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And a swinging hot spot
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what you've got
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Till it's gone
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They paved paradise
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And 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 the people
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A dollar and a half 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've got
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Till it's gone
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They paved paradise
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And put up a parking lot
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Hey farmer farmer
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Put away that D.D.T. now
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Give me spots on my apples
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But leave me the birds and the bees
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Please!
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what you've got
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Till it's gone
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They paved paradise
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And 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
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Took away my old man
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what you've got
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Till it's gone
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They paved paradise
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And put up a parking lot
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Big Yellow Taxi
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| Joni Mitchell |
