Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell * Track #10 On Ladies of the Canyon
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Album Ladies of the Canyon
- #1
Morning MorgantownJoni Mitchell
- #2For Free
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- #3Conversation
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- #4Ladies of the Canyon
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- #5Willy
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- #6The Arrangement
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- #7Rainy Night House
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- #8The Priest
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- #9Blue Boy
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- #10Big Yellow Taxi
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WoodstockJoni Mitchell
- #12
The Circle GameJoni Mitchell &
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
Performed by
Joni MitchellProduced by
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Joni MitchellAbout
“Big Yellow Taxi” is Joni Mitchell’s call to action to prevent the damage we are doing to the environment. It refers to lack of human awareness; only too late we recognise the profligate destruction done to the environment. We value what we have in retrospect.
Another dimension to this song appear...
Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
[Verse 3]
Hey farmer, farmer, put away the 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 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
[Verse 4]
Late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
[Chorus]
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
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, put up a parking lot
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
They paved paradise, 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 Joni Mitchell.
What did Joni Mitchell say about "Big Yellow Taxi"?
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Joni Mitchell said:
I wrote “Big Yellow Taxi” on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. Then, I looked down and there was...