Big Yellow Taxi

Counting Crows feat. Vanessa Carlton

They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

Ooh, bah-bah-bah (la-la-la-la-la-la)
Ooh, bah-bah-bah

They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no, 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 parkin' lot

Ooh, bah-bah-bah (ah, na-na-na-na-na)
Ooh, bah-bah-bah

Hey, farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples
Leave me the birds and the bees, please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Ooh, bah-bah-bah (why not)
Ooh, bah-bah-bah

Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey, now, now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey, hey, hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Ooh, bah-bah-bah
Ooh, bah-bah-bah

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna giving it all away, hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Cause you're giving it all away, no, no

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna giving it all away
Cause you're giving it all, giving it all away, yeah, yeah

Why you want it
Why you want it
(Cause you're giving it all away, hey, hey, hey)

(La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la)
Hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot
La-la-la-la-la-la, nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah…