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Counting Crows – Big Yellow Taxi

song cover

Lyrics Counting Crows – Big Yellow Taxi

Text:

Adam Duritz
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

Vanessa Carlton
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Adam
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no
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

Vanessa
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Adam
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don’t care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the bees
Please
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
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?

Vanessa

Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Adam
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
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
Well, don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Vanessa
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Adam, Vanessa
I don’t wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Now you wanna giving it all away

I don’t wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Cos you giving it all away
Hey, hey, givin it all,
givin it all….away

Vanessa
Why do you want me?
why do you want me?

Adam
Cos’ you’re givin it all away,
Hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot