TRACK TALK #537 Big Yellow Taxi

BIG YELLOW TAXI
ALBUM : Dylan (1973)
Recorded : 4 Juin 1970
Released : 19 Octobre 2010

Une reprise de Joni Mitchell enregistrée pendant les sessions de New Morning et publié par Columbia trois ans plus tard.



Lyrics
They pave 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 till 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 till it's gone?
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot.
Hey farmer, farmer, put away the D.D.T
Give me spots on my apples but leave the birds and the bees, please
Don't it always go to show
You never know what you got till it's gone?
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot.
Late last night I heard my screen door slam
A big yellow bulldozer took away the house and land
Don't it always go to show
You never know what you got till it's gone?
They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot.

L'originale de Joni Mitchell :



Et la VF de Joe Dassin :