BIG YELLOW TAXI
Joni Mitchell


They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot

[Chorus]

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

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

[Chorus]

Hey farmer farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!

[Chorus]

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

[Chorus etc.]