I like this song that I cannot seem to find out the name of it it was in the movie Two Weeks Notice with Hugh Grant & Sandra Bullock and a quote that is in it is "You dont know what you got til its gone leave paradise and put up a parking lot"? thanks
JJ
2007-03-20 08:12:51 · 28 answers · asked by jj 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Big Yellow Taxi -- Joni Mitchel
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its 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
Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its 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!
Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its 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
Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
2007-03-20 08:15:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Big Yellow Taxi
They Paved Paradise and Put up a parking lot
Original artist is Joni Mitchell I think
2007-03-20 08:16:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Big Yellow Taxi originally done by Joni Mitchell in the early 70's I believe. It is actually "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot".
2007-03-20 08:18:17 · answer #3 · answered by lucy02 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The songs called "Big Yellow Taxi". It was written by Joni Mitchell and performed by the Counting Crows Feat. Vanessa Carlton
2007-03-20 08:23:41 · answer #4 · answered by n_e_m_o53 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's "Big Yellow Taxi," and the line is "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell originally did the song, but it was remade a few years ago.
2007-03-20 08:17:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The song is Big Yellow Taxi. It has been done by Joni Mitchell and Counting Crows.
2007-03-20 08:16:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe Joni Mitchell wrote it, called "Big Yellow Taxi." It has been sung by a number of groups.
The actual words are "Pave Paradise, and put up a parking lot."
2007-03-20 08:17:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, like the previous poster said; it's "Big Yellow Taxi" originally sung by Joni Mitchell, but covered by many others including Green Day.
2007-03-20 08:18:14 · answer #8 · answered by cassalecs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called Big Yellow Taxi I think, and the words are they "paved" paradise, and put up a parking lot.
2007-03-20 08:20:14 · answer #9 · answered by ShouldBeWorking 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The line is "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot." Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded it in the marvelous 70's. Everybody else is just a wannabe.
The whole song is here:
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/joni+mitchell/big+yellow+taxi_20075370.html
2007-03-20 08:17:22 · answer #10 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋