They paved paradise 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
The firmament of Tinsel Town Is strung with tungsten stars Lot's of forty watt successes He says, "Where's my own shining hour?" He's the well kept secret
It was a rainy night, we took a taxi to your mother's home She went to Florida and left you with your father's gun, alone Upon her small white bed, I
I slept last night in The Fairmont hotel I went shoppin' today for jewels Wind rushed around in the dirty town And the children let out from the schools
I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Traveling, traveling, traveling Looking for something, what can it be Oh, I hate you some, I hate you some, I
The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68 And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark
The wind is in from Africa, last night I couldn't sleep Oh you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey, but it's really not my home My fingernails are
He was sittin' in the lounge of the Empire Hotel He was drinkin' for diversion He was thinkin' for himself Little money riding on the maple leafs Along
Sitting in a park in Paris, France Reading the news and it sure looks bad They won't give peace a chance That was just a dream some of us had Still a
Woke up, it was a Chelsea Morning And the first thing that I heard Was a song outside my window And the traffic wrote the words It came a reelin' up
I'll try to keep myself open up to you That's a promise that I made to love When it was new, "Just like Jericho" I said "Let these walls come tumbling
It's coming on Christmas And they're cutting down trees Putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate
Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the falling of a star And
"The way I see it", he said, you just can't win it Everybody's in it for their own gain you can't please 'em all There's always somebody calling you down
Where are you now Are you in some hotel room does it have a view? Are you caught in a crowd Or holding some honey who came on to you? Why do you have
Lesson in survival spinning out on turns That gets you tough Guru books, the bible, only a reminder That you're just not good enough You need to believe
Come to the dinner gong the table is laden high Fat bellies and hungry little ones Tuck your napkins in and take your share Some get the gravy and some
The minus is loveless he talks to the land And the leaves fall and the pond over-ices She don't know the system, plus, she don't understand She's got