They were farm kids way down in Dixie,
They met in high school in the sixties
Everyone knew it was love from the start
One July in the midnight hour,
He climbed up on the water tower:
Stood on the rail and painted a 10ft heart,
In John Deere Green
On a hot summer night ,
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene,
In letters 3ft high
And the whole town said that he should have used red,
But it looked good to Charlene,
In John Deere Green
They settled down on eighty acres,
raising sweet corn, kids, and tomatoes,
They went together like a hand and a glove
On a clear day, from there front yard,
if you look and know what to look for,
off to the east you can still read
his words of love
In John Deere Green
On a hot summer night ,
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene,
In letters 3ft high
And the whole town said the boy should have used red,
But it looked good to Charlene,
In John Deere Green
-music break-
Now more than once the town has discovered,
paintin' over it aint no use
There aint no paint in the world
that will cover it, the heart keeps showin through
In John Deere Green
On a hot summer night ,
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene,
In letters 3ft high
And the whole town said the fool should have used red,
But it looked good to Charlene,
In John Deere Green
-music break-
ahh paint it green boys!
In John Deere Green
On a hot summer night ,
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene,
In letters 3ft high
And the whole town said the boy should have used red,
But it looked good to Charlene,
In John Deere Green
JOHN-DEER-GREEN!