Intro:
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First verse:
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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Chorus:
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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(Shoo bop bop bop bop Shoo bop bop bop)
Second verse:
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all the people twenty-five bucks just to see 'em
Repeat chorus:
Third verse:
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please
Repeat chorus twice:
Fourth verse:
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man
Repeat chorus twice: