作词 : Joni Mitchell
 作曲 : Joni Mitchell
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 got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
They took all the trees, and put them in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'till it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your 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 got 'till it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
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 got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
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 bop
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooooh, bop bop bop bop
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot