Link: [Joni Mitchell]
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
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
They took all the
trees
And put them in a
tree museum
Then they charged all
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
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
Hey farmer farmer
Put away that DDT
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
‘Til it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
Late last night
I heard that screen
door slam
And a big yellow
taxi
Come and took away
my old man
Don't it always
seem to go
That you don't know
what you've got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
Late last night
I heard that screen
door slam
And a big yellow
tractor
Come and took away
my house
It took away my
land
I said
Don't it always
seem to go
That you don't know
what you've got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
Link: [Counting Crows]
Big Yellow Taxi
Counting Crows & Vanessa Carlton
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
With a pink hotel
A boutique
And a swingin' hot
spot
Don't it always
seem to go
That you don't know
what you got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
Ooooh
Bop bop bop
Ooooh
Bop bop bop
They took all the
trees
And put em in a
tree museum
And they charged
the people 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 got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
Ooooh
Bop bop bop
Ooooh
Bop bop bop
Hey farmer farmer
Put away your DDT
I don't care about
spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds
and the bees
Please
Don't it always
seem to go
That you don't know
what you got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a
parking lot
Hey now
They paved paradise
To put up a parking
lot
Why not
Ooooh
Bop bop bop
Ooooh
Bop bop bop
Listen
Late last night
I heard the screen
door slam
And a big yellow
taxi
Took my girl away
Now don't it always
seem to go
That you don't know
what you got
‘Til 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
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
To put up a parking
lot
Why not
They paved paradise
To put up a parking
lot
Hey hey hey
Paved paradise
To put up a parking
lot
Ooooh
Bop bop bop
Ooooh
Bop bop bop
I don't wanna give
it
Why you wanna give
it
Why you wanna
giving it all away
Hey hey hey
Now you wanna give
it
I should wanna give
it
Now you wanna
giving it all away
Now now
I don't wanna give
it
Why you wanna give
it
Why you wanna
giving it all away
Hey hey hey
Now you wanna give
it
I should wanna give
it
Cause you’re giving
it all away
Hey hey
Givin’ it all
Givin’ it all away
Yeah yeah
Why do you want me
Why do you want me
Cause you're givin’
it all away
Hey
Paved paradise
To put up a parking
lot
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Counting Crows wins that one! That guy actually can sing - never would have know it from those two songs you posted the other day. And I like the vaguely Latin beat. I was never a Joni Mitchell fan - thin, high-pitched squeaky voice - Bleh.
ReplyDelete(P.S. - I am wounded that I am not on your blog roll - Places of Interest - wounded!)
ReplyDeleteJoni Mitchell. sandie
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Grace!!! Whoa, I would have bet good money that you would absolutely hate their version of Joni's song. Oh, and Dragon's Alley is now listed. I am sorry for not doing it sooner, and hope you heal quickly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Sandie!!! I am with Grace about liking the Counting Crows version better, but her version is still a classic.
ReplyDeleteI know I have a cd with this song on it but not by either one of these artists. I can't for the life of me remember who it is though
ReplyDeleteCounting Crows. But I still like her version too. You can tell a good song when it doesn't really matter who sings it and you still like it!
ReplyDeleteI hope you didn't take down the Duck and Wheel to make room for Grace in your blogroll. ;)
Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Ann!!! Would it have been Amy Grant? If not, the link below contains a list of who has covered the song.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Yellow_Taxi
Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Lin!!! I am the same way with these versions, and you are certainly right about a good song being able to hold its own against whoever wants to sing it.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Duck and Wheel is still there, but Grace moved in next door. Please don't be encouraging her to pick on me anymore than she has been.
Both OK. Joni hasn't changed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Adullamite!!! That's good to know...I think.
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