Big Yellow Taxi
Amy Grant * Track #7 On House of Love
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Big Yellow Taxi by Amy Grant
Performed by
Amy GrantProduced by
Keith ThomasWrited by
Joni MitchellAbout
In 1995, Amy Grant released a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi”. Though the message of the song is unaltered from Mitchell’s, a lyric was updated at her request (“And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them”) to be adjusted for inflation.
The song performed just as well as...
Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
They took all the trees
And put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
Twenty-five bucks just to see 'em
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
Hey farmer farmer
Put away your DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 4]
Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Carried off my old man
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
Big Yellow Taxi Q&A
Who wrote Big Yellow Taxi's ?
Big Yellow Taxi was written by Joni Mitchell.
Who produced Big Yellow Taxi's ?
Big Yellow Taxi was produced by Keith Thomas.