Mmm ma ma ma ma ma
They've 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
verse 2
They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see 'em.
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mmmmm ma ma ma ma ma (x2)
verse 3
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT.
Give me spots on my apples, but
Leave me the birds and the bees, please.
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mmmm ma ma ma ma ma (x2)
Solo
verse 4
Listen, late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my old man.
Chorus