Song title: Big yellow taxi
by 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 that d.d.t. now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
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
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 Notes:
Or is it by Bob Dylan?
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 12/02/1990 Ted Child's House, Los Angeles,CA ,USA
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Unique known live performance: 12/02/1990 Ted Child's House, Los Angeles,CA ,USA
Song 'history':
The song was only played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances (12/02/1990 Ted Child's House, Los Angeles,CA ,USA)
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