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Big Yellow Taxi

from twenty twenty vision by dave thorpe

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Cover of a favourite Joni Mitchell song. Recorded by myself and my friends Elise and Leanne who sing and play ukulele on this version. Though we have neve met each other in person there is a musical friendship that is very valuable to me.

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Big Yellow Taxi

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot


Hey farmer farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

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from twenty twenty vision, released June 1, 2021
written by Joni Mitchell
Elise Van Put - vocals and ukulele
Leanne Rene - vocals and ukulele

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dave thorpe London, UK

Dave is a London based multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter. He has been a familiar figure on the London acoustic scene, especially within the Traditional music genre, for many years.
Following two duo albums with mandolin maestro Kate Williams, Dave released his third solo album in 2021. This album ‘twenty twenty vision’ is a collection of self-written songs and a Joni Mitchell cover ... more

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