Bob Dylan - Big Yellow Taxi songtekst

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Joni Mitchell zei over het schrijven van dit lied:

"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 a parking lot as far as the eye could see, and it broke my heart... this blight on paradise. That's when I sat down and wrote the song."

They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot
A pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot
Don't it always go to show
You never know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot

They took all the trees, they put them in a tree museum
They charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them
Don't it always go to show
You never know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot

Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please
Don't it always go to show
You never know what you got 'til it's gone 
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot

Late last night I heard my screen door slam
A big yellow buldozer took away the house and land
Don't it always go to show
You never know what you got 'til it's gone 
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot

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Auteur: Joni Mitchell

Componist: Joni Mitchell

Publisher: Columbia Records

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Uitgegeven in: 1991

Taal: Engels

Cover van: Joni Mitchell - Big yellow taxi (1970)

Komt voor op: Dylan (1973)

Toegevoegd door keeskees op Wednesday 23rd of January 2013 03:54

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