Big yellow taxi (1970) (midi)

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1. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,

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with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot.

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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.

(choo, bop bop bop bop, choo, bop bop bop bop)

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2. They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum

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then they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.

+ CHORUS

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3. Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,

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give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees,

please ! + CHORUS

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4. Late last night I heard the screen door slam,

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and a big yellow taxi took away my old man.

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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.

(choo, bop bop bop bop). + repeat CHORUS +

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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. (2x)

(Joni Mitchell)