Neighborhood-Big Yellow Taxi lyrics

Big Yellow Taxi   
 
  
  The Neighborhood   
 
  
    
 
  
  - Peak Position #29 on 8-8-70   
 
  
  - This song was also a  
 hit by Joni Mitchell peaking at   
 
  
  # 24 on 1-25-75  
 (It was a live version)   
 
  
    
 
  
  They paved paradise   
 
  
  And put up a parking lot   
 
  
  With a pink hotel, a boutique   
 
  
  and a swinging 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   
 
  
    
 
  
  They took all the trees   
 
  
  And put them  
 in a tree museum   
 
  
  And they charged all the people   
 
  
  A dollar and a  
 half 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 they put  
 up a parking lot   
 
  
    
 
  
  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!   
 
  
  Dont 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   
 
  
    
 
  
  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   
 
  
    
 
  
  From: Bill & Selma Turner