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 Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop, shoo-bop-bop-bop They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum And then they charged all the poeple twenty-five bucks 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 Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop, shoo-bop-bop-bop Hey farmer, farmer, put away your 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 till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot I say, they paved paradise and they put up a parking lot 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 Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Late last night i heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi carried off 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 they put up a parking lot Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop 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 Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Oh, now, they paved paradise and they put up a parking lot Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Hey, steam rolled paradise and put up a parking lot Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop

You catch everything I never could You believed when I gave up for good And when you stand beside me, I could tell I'm stronger than I've ever been But if you're leave, you know you don't come back I came home last night, I had no good news I came home last night, I had no good news And you've been sleeping through the brightest flash of apocalyptic ruin And if you leave, I'll never sing another tune Put on your red shoes; sing it to me, lover-girl When you do, my love, I forget the world And if you say "run," I may run with you I've got nothing else, I've got nowhere else As the sun goes fading in the west There's an army east that's rising still And when you stand beside me, I feel something stronger than I ever could But if you leave, you better run away for good

Here's a girl who lives on second street, she cries on every time we meet. She's the only girl, I want her to be. On the sidewalks going out tonight, the street lights make her look just right She's the only girl, I want her to be. And on the darkest nights, she occupies my time. I can't wait for the day to make her, make her mine. And the window that i saw her in afraid that I could not sleep in To save a place in your head for me. And on the darkest nights, she occupies my time. I can't wait for the day to make her, make her mine. And i'll tell you that its ok So many things i want to hear you say There's a girl who lives on second street, she cries on every time we meet. She's the only girl, I want her to be. She's the only girl, I want her to be. There's a girl who lives on second street, She's the only girl, I want her to be.

Yeah, we say making changes Starts in the little things you do "Revolution beging at home" Byr for most of us, it ends there too We're doing something We're making changes Like changing the kind of crap we buy We say it makes a difference But most of the time It's just another lie It used to be "us" and "them" It used to be us+ them And you+ me And now we can't reach Our full potential Without a common enemy A real war to fight against Instead of our petty disagreements But how can I rationalize My life during wartime lie A call to action and a reaction Taking our lives into our own hands Instead of sitting aroung talking About the same old stupid bands But war is going on right now And I'm not doing anything about it Without a crowd, I'm not so loud I can't do anything by myself But that's just another lie

Do you know where you're going to Do you like the things that life is showing you Where are you going to Do you know? Do you get what you're hoping for When you look behind you there's no open doors What are you hoping for Do you know? Once we were standing still in time Chasing the fantasies and fear in our minds Do you know how I loved you but my spirit was free Laughing at the questions that you once asked of me Do you know where you're going to Do you like the things that life is showing you Where are you going to Do you know? Now looking back at all we've had We let so many dreams just slip through our hands Why must we wait so long before we see How sad the answers to those questions can be