big yellow taxi

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  they paved paradise put up a parking 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 'til it's gone
  they paved paradise and put up a parking lot
  
  ooooh, bop bop bop
  ooooh, bop bop bop
  
  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 got 'til it's gone
  they paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
  
  ooooh, bop bop bop
  ooooh, bop bop bop
  
  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 'til it's gone
  they paved paradise and put up a parking lot
  hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
  why not?
  
  ooooh, bop bop bop
  ooooh, bop bop bop
  
  listen, late last night, i heard the screen door slam
  and a big yellow taxi took my girl away
  don't it always seem to go
  that you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
  they paved paradise and put up a parking lot
  well, don't it always seem to go
  that you don't know what you got 'til 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
  
  ooooh, bop bop bop
  ooooh, bop bop bop
  
  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
  now you wanna giving it all away
  
  hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot