Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

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Lyrics from the MIDI .kar music file

They paved paradise
And 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've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Choo bop bop bop bop
Choo bop bop bop

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

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 parking lot
Choo bop bop bop bop
Choo bop bop bop

Hey farmer farmer
Put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees please

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 parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

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
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Choo bop bop bop bop

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 parking lot
Choo bop bop bop bop

They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
choo bop bop bop bop
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot