Late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
Paved paradise, put up a parking lot
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
Paved paradise, put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
Paved paradise, put up a parking lot
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
Took all the trees, put them in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to seem 'em
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
Paved paradise, put up a parking lot
The big yellow taxi
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
Paved paradise, put up a parking lot
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi
The big yellow taxi