A classic environmentalist song by Joni Mitchell, Canadian folk singer and author.
Use the following words to complete the words from the song. Then, listen and check.
HOTEL - SWINGING - SLAM - BEES - MUSEUM - PARADISE - APPLES - TREES - BIRDS - PARKING - BOUTIQUE - TAXI
They paved _________ and put up a _________ lot,
With a pink _______ , a ________ , and a ______ hot spot,
Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you got till it's gone?
They paved _________ , and put up a ______ lot.
They took all the _______ , and put them in a tree ___________,
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them!
Don't it ... They paved ...
Hey farmer, farmer , put away your DDT,
Don't care about spots on my ________ , but leave me the ______ and the ____ - please!
Don't it ... They paved ...
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door _______,
And a big yellow _____ took away my old man,
Don't it... They paved...
Vocabulary References
a paved road in the forest
a "yellow taxi" or police patrol car in Toronto
Other versions of this song
by Counting Crows
more recent live version by Joni Mitchell
audio version by Green Day
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