They Taxed Paradise and Made it an Empty Lot

They taxed paradise and made it an empty lot
With a drab motel, no jobs, and no wi-fi spots
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They taxed paradise and made it an empty lot

They took all the jobs, and put em in a bureaucracy
And they taxed the people an arm and a leg to get them
No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They taxed paradise, and made it an empty lot

Hey farmer, banker get your hands away from me,
I don't care about a tough economy,
Leave me the freedom to do as I - please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They taxed paradise and made it an empty lot
Hey now, they've taxed paradise to make it an empty lot
Why not?

Listen, late last night, I heard the newsman say,
That a low tax country took my job away
Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They taxed paradise and made it an empty lot
Hey now now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They taxed paradise to made it an empty lot
Why not, they taxed paradise
They made it an empty lot
Hey hey hey, taxed paradise and made it an empty lot

I don't wanna give it
Why you tax it
Why you wanna spendin it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna tax it
I don’t wanna give it
Cuz you're spending it all away, no no

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna tax it
Why you wanna spend it all away
Cuz you're tax it all spendin it all away yeah yeah
Cuz You're spendin it all away hey, hey, hey

Hey, taxed paradise, to make it an empty lot
la,la, la, la, la, la, la ,la ,la ,la ,la
Taxed paradise, and made it an empty lot