A quasi-coversong based on Big Yellow Taxi
Originally written and performed by Joni Mitchell
(Updated lyrics)
[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Acoustic Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
They paved paradise and put up a hot spot
with a pink hotel, a boutique and a parking lot
[Chorus]
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.
[Interlude]
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
(Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
[Verse 2]
They took all I could see, put ’em in a “me” museum
and they charged the people twenty dollars just to see ’em.
[Chorus]
Don’t it always seem you don’t know
that it can all go, know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
[Interlude]
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
(Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
[Verse 3]
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that Round-up now,
give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.
[Chorus]
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.
[Interlude]
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
(Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
[Verse 4]
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
and a big yellow taxi took away my woman
[Chorus]
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.
[Chorus]
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.
[Interlude]
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
(Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
[Outro]
Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
From the album “Rewilding“