Counting Crows 和 Joni Mitchell 的兩種版本 "Big Yellow Taxi"

初聽"Big Yellow Taxi"就被吸引住了，這首曲調輕快的民謠，除了順耳耐聽外，也令人想跟著一起哼唱，一直覺得這是一首很快樂的歌，但是實際上並非如此，"不來"說它妙的梗就在這點上。

請大家仔細看看歌詞其實會發現，這首歌傳達出的是對於週遭事物一連串的無奈，在天堂裡擺了個停車場的無奈、砍了原本不屬於任何人的樹放進博物館，搞的人們還需要付費才能欣賞的無奈、為了讓人吃到沒有蟲蛀過的蘋果，卻害了鳥兒與蜜蜂的無奈......，聽聽這句"Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone."(事情不總是這樣，直到失去後才知道曾經擁有)，各位看倌，您看是不是說有多無奈就有多無奈啊！

先請大家聽 Counting Crows版本的Big Yellow Taxi

歌詞

They paved paradise and put up a parkin' 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 till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

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've got till it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the bees - please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?

Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door swing,
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not, they paved paradise
They put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Cuz you're givin it all away, no no

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

Hey, paved paradise, to put up a parking lot
la,la, la, la, la, la, la ,la ,la ,la ,la
Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

Joni Mitchell的版本聽起來也很舒服

歌詞

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 D.D.T. 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