Misheard Lyrics -> Song -> B -> Big Yellow Taxi
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Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A big paradise, full of f***ing lies.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A big paradise, they put up a f****ng lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A big paradise
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise
Amy Grant's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A gay pair o' guys put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A gay pair of guys put up a parking lot.
or
Hey, Paradise, put up a parking lot.
or
The paved paradise, and put up a f***ing light.
or
Pink paradise put up a parking lot.
or
Hey, Paradise, put up a parking lot.
or
The paved paradise, and put up a f***ing light.
or
Pink paradise put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A gay pair of guys put up a parking lot.
or
Hey, Paradise, put up a parking lot.
or
The paved paradise, and put up a f***ing light.
or
Hey, Paradise, put up a parking lot.
or
The paved paradise, and put up a f***ing light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A gay pair of guys put up a parking lot
or
Hey, Paradise, put up a parking lot
or
The paved paradise, and put up a f***ing light
or
Pink paradise put up a parking lot.
or
Hey, Paradise, put up a parking lot
or
The paved paradise, and put up a f***ing light
or
Pink paradise put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey, Paradise, put up a parking lot
or
A gay pair of guys put up a parking lot
or
A gay pair of guys put up a parking lot
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A gay paradise and put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A gay paradise at the foot of the parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A gay paradise, fruit of the parking lot.
or
They took down a fence to put up a parking lot.
or
They took down a fence to put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A gay paradise, fruit of the parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A paid pair of dice, put up a f***ing line.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A piggies paradise, put in a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A pink pair of dice, the hood of a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A pink paradise to put up parking lot
or
They paint paradise to put up a parking lot.
or
They paint paradise to put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A pink paradise, pull up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A pink paradise, they put up a f***ing lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't very nice, put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a big yellow taxi took my fun away.
Original Lyrics:
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big paradise put up a f*** and lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big paradise, put up a f***** lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big paradise, put up a park in life.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bird of paradise put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got, now it's gone
I hate paradise, what a f***ing lie.
That you don't know what you've got, now it's gone
I hate paradise, what a f***ing lie.
Original Lyrics:
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Donut holes they seem to go
But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
You pay paradise, put up a parkin' lot.
But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
You pay paradise, put up a parkin' lot.
Original Lyrics:
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Evade paradise, I'm sick of the f***ing lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot .
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gay paradise, put in a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Great big paradise and put up a f***ing love.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Green paradise put up a f***ing light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Had fry rice and I poop up da parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey paradise! Put up a f***in' lot.
Original Lyrics:
The paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey paradise, put up a f***in' light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey paradise, put up a f***ing light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey, Paradise, put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey, hey paradise, you put up a f***ing lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey, paradise, put back the funk in life.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't care 'bout spots on my apples.
Original Lyrics:
Now give me spots on my apples.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't care about spots on the owls.
Original Lyrics:
I don't care about spots on my apples.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't care about spots or marbles.
Original Lyrics:
I don't care about spots on my apples.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
I paid pardise and put up a f***ing lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
I shaved my a** and boy it hurt a lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it ain't paradise, put out the f***in' light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it ain't paradise, then put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it be paradise, put up a f***ing line.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
It ain't pair of dice, put up a f***ing lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
It ain't paradise to put up a f***in' lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
It ain't paradise, put up a f***ing light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
It paid paradise to put up with f***ing love.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a pink paradise, so put up a f*** in line.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a true paradise and put up a funky lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Late last night, the birds are screamed or slammed.
Original Lyrics:
Late last night, I heard the screen door slam.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Late last night, the birds are screamed or slammed.
Original Lyrics:
Late last night, I heard the screen door slam.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Made big paradise and put up a f***ing love.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
May paradise, and put up a f***ing line.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mayfair on ice, put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paid fifty cents, put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Amy Grant's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paint paradise and put up a f***ing lot
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put in a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paper and ice, put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved Paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pave paradise, and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel and boots, you got a swingin' hot spot.
With a pink hotel and boots, you got a swingin' hot spot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paved pairs of dice to put up a f***in' lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Amy Grant's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paved paradise and put up a f***ing lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put in a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paved paradise to put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pay paradise and put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink Paradise and put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink paradise put up the f***ing lights.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink paradise, put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink paradise, put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink paradise, queen of the parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink paradise... they put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put a little dream into it.
Original Lyrics:
And put them in a tree museum.
Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put up a f***ing lie.
Original Lyrics:
Put up a parking light.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
The day paradise put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
The day paridise put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
The gay paradise put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
The paid paradise, put up a f***ing lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
The pink paradise and put out a f***ing lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They came out at night and put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid a pair of guys, to put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid pair of dice and put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise and put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise and put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise to put up a f***ing lawn.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise to put up a f***ing light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paraside to put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise to put up a fog in life
Original Lyrics:
they paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Amy Grant's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise to put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise to put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise to put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise to put up a punk in line
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows Ft. Vanessa Carlton's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise to put up with f***ing lies.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise, pick up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise, to put up a f***ing lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paid paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise, to put up a f***ing lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paid paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid paradise, to put up a f***ing light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paid parasites to put up a parking lot.
or
They paid Paris dykes to put up a parking lot.
or
They paid Paris dykes to put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paint paradise to put up a f***ing life.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They painted Paradise and put up a f***ing light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a f****ing light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a f***ing light.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a f***ing lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a f***ing wall.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paved paradise boorapa parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paved paradise to put up a f***ing lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paved paradise to put up a parkin' lot
In a big town, you're gonna swing in a hot spot.
In a big town, you're gonna swing in a hot spot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They paved paradise, put up the funkin' lights.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They pay paradise, and put up a pumpkin pie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They say paradise took out a pocket knife.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
They spade a pair of dice to put a sparking pot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
To be paradise, put up a f***in' life.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
To leave paradise, and put up with parking lice.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
To reach paradise, put up a f***ing life.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Today's paradise put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Today's paradise, they put up a f***ing lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows Ft. Vanessa Carlton's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Took paradise, put up a f***in' lie.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're in paradise, put up a freakin' lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a big ol' telephone booth and a swingin' hot spot.
Original Lyrics:
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a big ole turn of boots you got a swingin' hot spot.
Original Lyrics:
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a pink hotel, a booty
Gonna swing it, hot shot.
Gonna swing it, hot shot.
Original Lyrics:
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swingin' hot spot.
And a swingin' hot spot.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a pink old tele-boutique
And a swingin' hot spot.
And a swingin' hot spot.
Original Lyrics:
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swingin' hot spot.
And a swingin' hot spot.
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your booty and a swinging hot spot
Original Lyrics:
A boutique and a swinging hot spot
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