John Deere Green

[Verse 1]

They were farm kids way down in Dixie

They met in high school in the '60s

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 ten-foot heart

[Chorus]

In John Deere green, on a hot summer night

He wrote, "Billy Bob loves Charlene," in letters three-foot-high

And the whole town said that he should've used red

But it looked good to Charlene in John Deere green

[Verse 2]

They settled down on eighty acres

Raisin' sweet corn, kids, and tomatoes

They went together like a hand in a glove

On a clear day, from their front yard

If you look and know what to look for

Off to the east, you can still read his words of love

[Chorus]

In John Deere green, on a hot summer night

He wrote, "Billy Bob loves Charlene," in letters three-foot-high

And the whole town said, "The boy should've used red"

But it looked good to Charlene in John Deere green

[Bridge]

Now more than once the town has discovered

Painting over it ain't no use

There ain't no paint in the world that'll cover it

The heart keeps showin' through

[Chorus]

In John Deere green on a hot summer night

He wrote, "Billy Bob loves Charlene," in letters three-foot-high

And the whole town said, "The fool should've used red"

But it looked good to Charlene in John Deere green

[Instrumental break]

[Bridge]

Ah, paint it green, boy

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

In John Deere green on a hot summer night

He wrote, "Billy Bob loves Charlene," in letters three-foot-high

And the whole town said, "The boy should've used red"

But it looked good to Charlene in John Deere green

[Outro]

John Deere green