BIG YELLOW TAXI

The song "Big Yellow Taxi", by Counting Crows refers to one of the causes of environmental problems: the destruction of forests and trees.

Listen to the song and complete the gaps with the missing words.




BIG YELLOW TAXI Lyrics, by Counting Crows

They paved paradise and put up a ________________
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' ________________
Don't it always seem _________________
That you don't know what you got till it's _______________
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

They took all the trees, and put em in a _______________________
And they charged the ________________ 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've got till it's gone
They paved ___________________, and put up a parkin' lot

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on _____________________,
Leave me the __________________ and the bees - please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?

Listen, late ____________________, I heard the screen door swing,
And a big yellow taxi took _____________________ away
Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not, they paved paradise
They put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Cuz you're givin it all away, no no

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Cuz you're givin it all givin it all away yeah yeah
Cuz You're givin it all away hey, hey, hey

Hey, paved paradise, to put up a parking lot
la,la, la, la, la, la, la ,la ,la ,la ,la
Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

Missing words: gone; paradise; people; my apples; my girl; last night; parking lot; hot spot; to go; tree museum; birds