They were farm kids way down in Dixie   Met in high school in the sixties   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 10 foot heart      In John Deere Green   On a hot summer night   He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene   In letters 3 foot 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 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   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 3 foot high      And the whole town said   The boy should have used red   But it looked good to Charlene   In John Deere Green      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 3 foot high      And the whole town said   The fool should have used red   But it looked good to Charlene   In John Deere Green      Ahh, paint it green, boy      In John Deere Green   On a hot summer night   He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene   In letters 3 foot high      And the whole town said   The boy should have used red   But it looked good to Charlene   In John Deere Green      John Deere Green