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Listen to the song Big Yellow Taxi, by Counting Crows and complete the lyrics

with the missing words.

birds pink trees farmer paradise always parking

dont seem door bees half apples


hot night yellow museum people paved

They paved ______________ and put up a parking lot


With a ____________ hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' ___________
spot
CHORUS: Don't it always seem to go
That you ____________ know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a ______________ lot

They took all the ____________ and putem in a tree __________________


And they charged the _______________ a dollar and a __________ to see them
No, no, no
CHORUS: Don't it always ______________ to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

Hey farmer, ________________, put away your DDT


I don't care about spots on my _________________,
Leave me the ____________ and the ________________ (2x)I don't wanna give it
Please Why you wanna give it
CHORUS: Don't it always seem to go Why you wanna giving it all
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone away
They _______________ paradise and put up a parking lot Hey, hey, hey
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot Now you wanna give it
Why not? I should wanna give it
Now you wanna giving it all
Listen, late last ____________, I heard the screen ________ slam away
And a big ___________________ taxi took my girl away
Don't it always seem to go Hey, paved paradise to put
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone up a parking lot
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Well, don't it ____________ 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 and put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

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