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, put them in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em

Hey farmer farmer, put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!

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.