Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi

They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot 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 em in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see em 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 Hey farmer farmer Put away