John Deere Green-Joe Diffie

[ti:John Deere Green] [ar:Joe Diffie] [al:The Essential Joe Diffie] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Deere Green - Joe Diffie [00:17.18]They were farm kids way down in Dixie [00:20.68]Met in high school in the sixties [00:24.42]Everyone knew it was love from the start [00:29.49] [00:31.75]One July in the midnight hour [00:35.26]He climbed upon the water tower [00:38.93]Stood on the rail and painted a 10 foot heart [00:43.98] [00:45.67]In John Deere Green [00:50.22]On a hot summer night [00:52.78]He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene [00:57.41]In letters 3 foot high [01:00.30]And the whole town said [01:02.23]That he should have used red [01:04.07]But it looked good to Charlene [01:09.07] [01:09.64]In John Deere Green [01:13.89] [01:19.45]They settled down on 80 acres [01:23.26]Raising sweet corn kids and tomatoes [01:26.68]They went together like a hand and a glove [01:32.42] [01:34.29]On a clear day from their front yard [01:37.84]If you look and know what to look for [01:41.30]Off to the east you can still read his words of love [01:46.78] [01:48.15]In John Deere Green [01:52.65]On a hot summer night [01:55.28]He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene [01:59.95]In letters 3 foot high [02:02.76]And the whole town said [02:04.50]The boy should have used red [02:06.56]But it looked good to Charlene [02:12.08]In John Deere Green [02:16.55] [02:28.54]Now more than once the town has discovered [02:32.27]Painting over it ain't no use [02:35.83]There ain't no paint in the world that'll cover it [02:39.88]The heart keeps showing through [02:43.58] [02:45.28]In John Deere Green [02:49.74]On a hot summer night [02:52.31]He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene [02:57.12]In letters 3 foot high [02:59.80]And the whole town said [03:01.49]The fool should have used red [03:03.52]But it looked good to Charlene [03:09.13]In John Deere Green [03:14.19] [03:24.38]Ahh paint it green boy [03:26.75] [03:40.43]In John Deere Green [03:44.93]On a hot summer night [03:47.48]He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene [03:52.10]In letters 3 foot high [03:55.04]And the whole town said [03:56.65]The boy should have used red [03:58.73]But it looked good to Charlene [04:04.44]In John Deere Green [04:09.38] [04:19.37]John Deere Green