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 {x2}
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

Hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot.