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 Intro x2

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 climed 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 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 tomaters

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 then once the town has dicovered

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 that 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 that the fool should have used red

 But it looked good to Charlene

 In John Deere green