YELLOW TAXI II

They paved paradise
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
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
(…)
Hey farmer, farmer
Put away the DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees, please
(…)
Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man

(Big Yellow Taxi / Joni Mitchell 1970)