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
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
