Big Yellow Taxi
Pinhead Gunpowder
Track 5 on Jump Salty
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Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
[Verse 2]
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
[Verse 3]
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now
Gimme spots on my apples, leave me the birds and the bees
Please
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
[Verse 2]
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
[Verse 3]
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now
Gimme spots on my apples, leave me the birds and the bees
Please
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
[Verse 4]
Late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
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Genius Annotation
A cover of Joni Mitchell’s classic song, “Big Yellow Taxi.”
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- 5.Big Yellow Taxi
- 6.Dull
- 8.Beastly Bit
- 10.MPLS Song
- 11.In Control
- 12.Hey Now
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Recorded At
Dancing Dog Studios (Emeryville, CA)
Release Date
1992
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