[Verse 1]
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

[Verse 2]
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]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, and they put up a parking lot

[Verse 3]
Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees, please

[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
TYou don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
[Verse 4]
Late last night, I heard that screen door slam
And a big yellow tractor come and pushed around my house
Pushed around my land, I said --

[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot

[Verse 5]
Late last night, I heard that screen door slam again
And a big yellow taxi come and took away my old man, again

[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot
Oh they pave paradise and they put those parking lots
They pave paradise and they put up a parking lot
They put up a parking lot
They put up a parking lot