[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
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

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
Cos you giving it all away
Hey, hey, givin it all,
givin it all....away

[Vanessa]
Why do you want me?
why do you want me?

[Adam]
Cos' you're givin it all away
Hey, paved paradise
To put up a parking lot