Many of us have fond memories of the old Starlite Drive-In.

Located in the Oak Lawn district, the Starlite Drive-In had one screen and was opened prior to 1955. The original screen was blown down by the tornado of April, 1967. It had a playground at the base of the screen. It also was open year round and had propane beehive type heaters, but you used your drivers license as collateral. They also owned the giant fiberglass slide out by the marquee along with a go-kart track. For a couple of years they rented snowmobiles in the winter to run up and down the long driveway.

I worked at the Starlite Drive-In from 1967 to 1971 on the weekends. My uncle was the assistant manager for the Starlite Drive-In and the indoor Studio Theater next door. My pay was $1.25 per hour. I have a million memories and not enough space here to tell all.

Contributed by Todd Hill

Starlite Drive-In

6551 95th Street,

 Chicago Ridge, IL 60415

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Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi - YouTube

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Counting Crows Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics

Artist: Counting Crows Lyrics 
Popularity : 5683 users have visited this page. 
Producer : Steve Lilywhite 
Genre : Pop rock 
Format : CD single 
Length : 3:47 
Recorded : 2002 
Cover recording of: Big Yellow Taxi 
Label : Geffen 
Lyricist: Joni Mitchell 
Composer: Joni Mitchell 
Guest performer: Vanessa Carlton 
Released : March 2003 
Conductor: Ron Fair 
Performer: Vanessa Carlton 


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 til its gone
They paved paradise 
And put up a parking lot

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

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

Hey farmer farmer
Put away the 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've got
Til its gone
They paved paradise 

And put up a parking lot
Hey, now they paved paradise
To put up a parking lot
Why not?

Listenin' late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took my girl away
Now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Til its 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 
Til its gone
They paved paradise
To put up a parking lot

I don't want give it
Why you want give,
Why you want give it all away?
Hey hey hey
Now you want give it,
Ah she want to give it 
Cause she givin' it all away
Now now now

Hey pave paradise
Put up a parking lot