They were farm kids, way down in Dixie They're bettin' high school in the sixties Everyone knew it was love from the start One July in the midnight hour They climbed up on the water tower Stood on the rail and painted a ten-foot heart And John did three 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 It's John Deere Green They settled down on 80 acres Raisin' 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 in, know what to look for Up to the east, you can still read his words of love And 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 It's John Deere Green Now more than once a town has discovered Painting over it ain't no noose There ain't no pain in the world that'll cover it The heart keeps showing through And 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 It's John Deere Green I'm Peter Greenwood And 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 And John Deere Green John Deere Green