big yellow taxi with lyrics

[ChizmBeatbox]

Thumbs up if you're still listening to this song in 2012

[doctorezeeh]

I have performed this song for the past 25 years and it never brought tears to my eyes until now. Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan would be proud. With the truest of sincerity, Josh Kramer of Saint

[JadeReignhart]

I am sorry if I offend someone but the first time I heard this song I thought he said the f word.

[mlgnerd13]

@JadeReignhart me too

[JadeReignhart]

@mlgnerd13 thanks man, I thought I was the only one!

[mariaxoxo1000]

like this if you remember listening to this song when you were little

[CZMgrace]

i love this song, i first heard it in two weeks notice

[CherieBetbirai]

@CZMgrace

Me too! It's an awsome song.

[Scubastov3]

I hate this goddamned song. CVS music..

[TimCurryFan85]

@Scubastov3 Why are you on this then -__-"

[thefunkylaugh]

i thought it was hey paradise, put up a fucking life

[WantTheSAMEasANYONE]

"LOVE IT! LOVE IT, LOVE IT , LOVE IT , !!!!!! CANT STOP PLAYING THIS SONG!!!!"

[KingdomOfDiamonds]

I would never think parking lot would ever sound like fucking lot. But we got Nikki Minaj rhyming Water and Empire. LOL

[PilotRyanProductions]

please dont move hailey. i love you.

[mychro007]

i first hear it : "the deep paradise and put up a fucking lie"

[TheProceeded]

this has got to be the place were the funniest comments are. Better than Fml!

[seashell223]

i thought it was they paved paradise and put up a folckin log ???? i wuz way off

[SypherDameon]

Big paradise and put up a fucking lie , always wondered why the radios never censored the song

[Mandrakara]

I always heard it when I was little as 'take paradise and put a fuck in life' and it confused the crap outta me, ahaha.

[annabananna789]

Haha I thought it was "Gave Paradise at put up with fuc**** love."

[MissSecretsAndLies]

I thought it was "The big paradise put up a fork in love" ... Haha :$

[italiaveg90]

@MissSecretsAndLies LOL

[Flogginmolly1203]

I always thought it was "Gay paradise, put up a parkin' lot" when I was younger.

[imnotkoolss]

I remember hearing this song when I was younger.. I lovee it. I love the part where its like "They took all of the trees and put them in a tree museum"

[ReverseDamage]

Is it me or does Vanessa Carlton sound like Michelle Branch in this song?

[jai54312]

i thought it had something to do with a *pink* paradise and putting up a parking lot

[mangamanandy]

always sang this song as "a gay paradise put up a fucking life"

[francis43123]

I Like This Version Better :-D

[lePierre1860]

Who cares about how many different lyrics people think of when they hear this song? We all know what he says, and we all like the song!

[vegetarian2011]

I thought it was they payed paradise and put up a pumpkin light.

[ihatekiddz7]

@vegetarian2011 hahahaha that doesnt make any sense hahahaha

[vegetarian2011]

@ihatekiddz7 Seriously I thought that for the longest time. In the car I would sing it that way!

[sweets47042]

original song was Joanie Mitchell 1970

[2100279]

big paradise, fuckin' life.

[HabboxSjanney]

thumbs up if youre watching this in 2011

[amitlot]

@HabboxSjanney No man im watching this in 23948320495804383904858340985 T_T of course im watching this in 2011 -,-

[HabboxSjanney]

@amitlot never knew i had a top rated comment. no need to rage man ;)

[amitlot]

@HabboxSjanney Well you were supposed to knew becasue you wrote "thumbs up" but i say: Just enjoy the song :)

[HabboxSjanney]

@amitlot Aha true dat !

[cheeseburger69punk]

who sings this?

[LoUiiSxi]

@cheeseburger69punk Counting crows :D

[Haler13]

ooohhh ok now it makes since:D

[austi2345]

i always thought it was "in big paradise, put up a parking lot"

[LAUR3Nlx0]

I always thought he said "put up a fucking lie." I know the lyrics, but I still can't even hear "parking lot." I still hear it the way I thought it was. :p

[13paparazi]

lol the first time i heard this song i thought it was "it aint paradise so put up a parking lot" i was little then and now when ever i go to sing the song i keep saying "it aint paradise so put up a parking lot" cause im just stuck with it... it does kinda sound like that though

[baby15gem]

roflmfao! this is the first time where i watched a video that's not funny but im laughing my ass off with the comments!!!! lol!!!!!

[RustySporks]

I always heard the lyrics as "in babe paradise, they put up a fucking life".

[xxRAP13Rxx]

i thought it was "they paved paradise, and put up a pumpkin light" and i know that doesn't make sense.

[GopalPokhrel]

I also got confused about that " I was singing fucking lie /lot/love ... ha ha

[THEBTRFANCLUB]

@GopalPokhrel

OO LOL I THOUGHT HE SAID THT 2

[Martothe111]

So true what this guys says,

Geet charged for almost breething these days.

still

GREAT SONG :D

[tombirch123123]

be paradise put up and fall in love? I think thats what i thought

[AngeloLakey]

SO agreed that most people have been looking for this song there entire lives...me i thought the lyrics were "Romeo is in the go and he doesn't know what he's got till it's gone,today's paradise has been put up a fucking lot"

[kiwi35nz]

i thought that too

[MrSkyMango]

I thought it was "It aint paradise you live up a fuckin lie"

[THEBTRFANCLUB]

@MrSkyMango

LOL ME 22 THTS LIKE ALL I SANG

[MrSkyMango]

@THEBTRFANCLUB Yeah it helped when my mom was around :l lesson learned

[TheAlisonGarcia]

paved paradise put up a fork in love.....I THOT THOSE WER THA LYRICS SINCE LIKE KINDERGARDEN!!!!!!

[TheDurazzo]

OOOOH!!!! its been 6 years since ive heard this!!!!!!!! Welcome back BYT!!!!

[LilTexas90]

OMFG ALL MY FUCKING LIFE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TRACK THIS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[peacelovenj2010]

cherish every moment that you have. you really don't know what you have until it's gone. rip

[Tnecks]

haha some1 ninja this video FROM YOUTUBE and upload it just to have it as their own.... EEK

[Abbeycynthia]

i absolultleyyy lovee this song:)

[Skynamo]

lol, i like Carlton, but I think the song would have been ok without the "mmmm -ba-ba-bop"

[willshed512]

You don't know what you got till' its gone, hmm...

You also don't know what your missing until you get it. :)

jk

[glbalvill]

like jimmi hendrix sings: "'scuse me, while i kiss this guy!" or something like: "...amy julan, astral flame." (take me to an astral plane). there must be a million of these out there. keep this going, hilarious!

[kazooga1234]

dont they have any without the annoying girl caz the orignial that i remember doesnt have her but i could be wrong

[13paparazi]

@kazooga1234 that "annoying" girl is vanessa carlton. if you listen to her songs there really good cause she composes them herself and plays them herself... in my opinion... o and the original has her

[kazooga1234]

@13paparazi i like her songs but i prefer the oringial counting crows version of this song as a back up singer she sucks and it could also be because i am somebody who grew up without the parking lot background music and the original doesnt have her the original original is another girl and the counting crows begain this song without backup singers this song just got popular with the backup singers because of some movie

[kazooga1234]

@localstalker it was deff a movie i forget what it was called and i miss the orignal by counting crows that didnt have the back up singer

[bigmac590]

This song has a odd feeling to my life, a good feeling, overall its just a great song :)

[tehnewfilms]

this song is so hard to find...

[scottyongyong]

ric yun?

[new9876]

Vanessa Carlton is so pretty!

[dimsdevil]

i always thought he said to put up a fucking life!

[67tr876]

@dimsdevil SAME FOR YEARS

[diffgirl24]

so this is what they are singing about..man..for the longest time i wondered what on earth they were talking about..lol

[TinhVutXaUocMo]

i first thought it was like this " a paved paradise and put in a fucking lot" xD that got me laughing

[rimokina]

i thought it was "this aint paradise, so put up a parking lot"

[sofievanekjuh]

yeey! Lyrics and clip together!!

took my ages to find it! genious!

nice work!!

[tinter4life]

U dont even want to know what I thought the parking lot lyrics said.lol. But great song & I didn't know it was the counting crows. Awesome!

[MrSbelcastro]

As anyone ever took the time to read these lyrics? It's a great song and extremely true... LISTEN TO IT lol

[EarlyMorningsAndRain]

I thought it was pakin life until I found it on YouTube. Lol. :D

[daveed37]

i've been looking for this song and had the hardest damn time finding it ,tried a lot of differant combo's, finally found it.

[llevijr]

i always sung ''Parking Light"..

[sungyulove]

ROFL it took me a long time to find this song i always thought the lyrics were big paradise to put up a fucking life LOL MISHEARD LYRICS whenever i hear it on the radio or at the mall

[viperz998]

@sungyulove Man i had the same perception ... Fuckin life :-D

[DevilMayCrySparda46]

OHH BOB BOB BOB!!

[rabadooda]

oooooohhhhh BOP BOP BOP!!!!

[foni]

it sounds like he saying fucking lie lol

[chiapet713]

love this song, but the guy seriously need s to get rid of the dreadlocks and the stache...

[mfole21]

they paved paradise and put up a fuckin lot

[rebluorange12]

@mfole21 its they paved paradise and put up a PARKING lot!!!

[nella1235]

don't really know why people knowck an artist for covering a song. Yeah there was an original performed by the orginal artist. Is this not the ultimate form of flattery? Dude likes the song as we do and wants to sing the damn thing. done well too. 

[pe60rc1]

I really like this song!!!! "Mr. Jones" and "Big Yellow Taxi" are my fovorite from Countig Crows!!!

[ChinatownNoodles]

This song freaks me out!! ... at different points in my life, when I take things for granted.. I'll hear it everywhere I go (streets, restaurants, shopping centres)

...and then I just wouldn't hear it again for a while

[bjelocrvena07]

haha i thought the words were "they payed paradise to put up a fucking lot?" lmfao

[slasherraven]

always been a fan f tis song

[iczfire]

"big paradise, and put up a fucking lie"

For the longest time I thought this was what he was singing.

[rayhuang]

@iczfire rofl same HAHAHAHA

[msGrandmas]

@iczfire IT's NOT "fucking lie" it's " parking lot"

[esh325]

@msGrandmas Yes, but this fool can't enunciate which is why people think that's what it says.

[ToneDogism]

@iczfire SMART KID

[xLoLaTVx]

@iczfire haha it really does sound like that

[byGodgraceme]

@iczfire you are not the only one.

[THEBTRFANCLUB]

@iczfire

OMG ME 2

[4LovePeaceHappiness]

@iczfire LOL

[PCBCmovies]

@iczfire Man, when my teacher asked us to fill the spaces with the lyrics from the music (It's in our book) I wrote "fucking". Lucky me she didn't ask me. Who'd guess it's Parking?

[mentalman297]

@iczfire me too man dont worry rofl your not the only one

[Luther496]

@iczfire really?

[darkchakra15]

are the adult the old versions of the teens?

[idontcare4nothing]

@SuperEastside15 woah! calm down. i like this song. i know what he says in that part, so you know. its just every time i hear it, it sounds like he says fucking lot instead of parking lot. its a joke. lol

[ssefc94]

@idontcare4nothing pussied it

[judenihalmusic]

@SuperEastside15 Hey U Tube ass, I never said that I hated this song, I like this song, its just that the lyrics sound like he is swearing, which I honestly makes the song more interesting and wrong at the same time. And fix your spelling, half those words are spelled correctly.

[Toulousie]

it's one of those songs that every knows, everyone can sing along, but you don't know the name or who sings it :) classic

[ssefc94]

@Toulousie how did you find it then

[Toulousie]

@ssefc94 i searched the lyrics :) I still don't know if big yellow taxi is the song title or the band name :P (any insight?)

[ssefc94]

@ssefc94 the song is called big yellow taxi and this version is sung by counting crows featuring vanessa carlton

[TheMsPuddinglover]

i havent listen to this song for 5 6 years

[KevinFennessy]

Shadogun are you serious 8 years ...geta life.

[CoSpr443]

This is the enlightened persons song.

[idontcare4nothing]

sounds like hes saying "put up a fucking lot"

[judenihalmusic]

A big paradise, you put up a fucking lot.

ooooh, bop bop bop. ooooh, bop bop bop

[dancer1357913]

i used to love this song!!!!! and i still do (: i randomly thought of it and oh my gosh memories of me and my sister when i was in like 1st grade (:

[lexlex1994]

this song has a very strong enviormental message too :D :D

[ABGMusical1]

I've been searching for this song since i was a little girl SO glad i found it :]

[dancer1357913]

@ABGMusical1 omg me too i didnt remember the name and i kept trying to completely remember the lyrics and finally i found it (:

[killerkiggerkigger]

i love tis song i hope i get the voice fo this guy when i grow get older

[becoolnotcruel]

Love this song!!!

[61Slughi]

Nice to know after all these years between Joni Mitchell's version and this one, that the admission price to a tree museum is still $1.50! Great to hear that there are still affordable places to see trees.

Is there a place to park at the tree museum?

[dotmartha]

lmao i always sang it like

'leave paradise, put up a buck in line'

hahaha even though it doesn't make sense.

[GageAndrist13]

@dotmartha i use to think it was "leave paradise, give me a fucking lime"

lol :S

[MetamorpV2]

I would always think it said Gay Paradise, Put up a fucking light =p

[zippygirl76]

i though he was saying be paradise and put up a fucking light lol

[RandomNess522]

my environmental science teacher quoted the line about DDT on our last test.

[litatyas]

whats the point in the "oooh bap bap bap"

lol good song though

[AkmonGirl90]

"Hey paradise, put a bucking life."

That's what I thought he was saying for the longest fucking time. ._.

[MissaKinz2358]

I always thought it said:

"A day in paridise, you put up a f*cking lie."

[jimspo]

@MissaKinz2358

Me, from Germania, always thought "A day in paradise, but put on the fucking lights!" :D:D

[PrincessUnicornBunny]

I finally understand it so 5\5 faved

[bob00246]

listen to it a million times it never gets old :)

[love2laugh771]

haha when i was little i thought it was pink paradise in a parking lot

[twilightluver9609]

When I was a kid I thought it said, you need all the dice to show off the ones you got. lol

[richardhmc]

Finally! I have found out what he saying. For years I thought he was saying f*cking lie

[CuteCleverBlonde]

haha me too :)

[Yearman8]

WONDERFUL

[Shadogun]

I love this song..I've been looking for this song for 8 years now...and I finally found it =) 5/5 and Faved

[hujowany]

@Shadogun you fail HARD

[purplerainII]

@Shadogun haha took you long enough, took me 30min to find it

[juniwilliams]

@Shadogun damn, thats a long time

[cheekyisadog]

why would it say "Paved paradise" to put up a f*cking light

[tokiohotelsrocks]

It says, they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

[saralavedure17]

sad song :(

[Yearman8]

true because the girl left him

[ienjoiskating1313]

haa wow it sounds like he said put up f*cking light

[MsHeathergirl]

i swear, thats what i thought it sounded like when i was younger lol

[JimmySchaible]

Its a good song

[mjsfan93]

love paved paradise my dad showed me this song when i was around 10 and i love it my dadtaught me this song.

[maxine123100]

he looks wierd

[SabootheSlag]

Beautiful

[stva4ever]

IS that Vanessa Carlton?

[7monkeyman8]

yes it is

[poooooppooooop]

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Ooooh, bop bop bop Ooooh, bop bop bop They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them No, no, no Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone They paved paradise, and put up a.........

[jamesrdolan]

OOOOOO-BA-BA-BA

[99ULTIMATUM]

I heard this song in a gas station. I did'nt rest until I found out.

[Zekariu]

I know right. I tried to look for this song since about 5 years ago when I heard this on the radio.

It just happened about a week ago that the weather channel had this song on....

[tha50cent]

hahahahahahahahah thats funnny

[AaronF526]

I did a pretty good cover of this song.....check it out.

[h3v4mitch]

Haven't heard this song for about 4 or 5 years since it was pretty big. Tonight it just suddenly popped into my head, all i remembered was that it had something to do with a taxi and a parking lot. Then I just typed in some of the lyrics and got the song :) so many memories..

[skyangelko]

the same thing happen it to me

[s4mburgess]

@h3v4mitch .mate, you've done the exact same as what i did! i started humming the chorus, and just totally remembered it. typed the lyrics, and i got it

[ssefc94]

@h3v4mitch no need for a life storey

[applebee39]

@h3v4mitch haha same here! Except I heard it in a store and I was like "oh man..this really brings back memories!"

[icydive11]

@h3v4mitch lol i heard it 2day in no frills and im like OMG I HEARD THIS SONG B4 LIKE A FEW YEARS AGO AND I STILL DONT KNO WAT ITS CALLED like who wud hav ever guessed it was called big yellow taxi??

[Sugercookie123456]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!