Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
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
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half 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 they put up a parking lot
Hey farmer farmer
Put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
Dont 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
Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man
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
(Extract from Wikipedia)
Mitchell got the idea for the song during a visit to
Hawaii. She looked out of her hotel window at the
spectacular Pacific mountain scenery, and then down to
a parking lot. [1] The song is known for its
environmental statement (as assumed from the lyric
"paved paradise to put up a parking lot") and
sentimental sound. The line, "They paved paradise and
put up a parking lot" refers to the destruction of the
Garden of Allah, a silent-movie era Hollywood hotel
renowned for its rowdy celebration parties.[citation
needed] The line, "Took all the trees, put ’em in a
tree museum, charged the people a dollar and a half
just to see ’em" refers to Foster Botanical Garden in
Waikiki which is a living museum of tropical plants,
some rare and endangered. [1]
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