John Deere Green

They were farm kids way down in Dixie
 Met in high school in the '60s
 Everyone knew it was love from the start
 One July, in the midnight hour
 He climbed upon the water tower
 Stood on the rail and painted a ten-foot heart
 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
 
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 They settled down on 80 acres
 Raising sweet corn, kids, and tomatoes
 They went together like a hand and a glove
 On a clear day from their front yard
 If you look and know what to look for
 Up 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 three-foot high
 And the whole town said, "The boy should've used red"
 But it looked good to Charlene
 
 In John Deere green
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 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 showing through
 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
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 Aw, paint it green, boy
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 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
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 John Deere green