[Verse 1]
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
Paved paradise, put up a parking lot

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, bop-bop-bop
Ooh, bop-bop-bop

[Verse 2]
They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em

[Chorus]
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

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, bop-bop-bop
Ooh, bop-bop-bop
[Verse 3]
Hey, farmer, farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees

[Chorus]
Dont 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

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, bop-bop-bop
Ooh, bop-bop-bop

[Bridge]
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away our old man

[Chorus]
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

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, bop-bop-bop
Ooh, bop-bop-bop
[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
(Ooh, bop-bop-bop)
Paved paradise, put up a parking lot