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[00:00.83]They were farm kids way down in Dixie
[00:20.50]Met in high school in the '60s
[00:24.32]Everyone knew it was love from the start
[00:29.33]One July, in the midnight hour
[00:35.15]He climbed upon the water tower
[00:38.74]Stood on the rail and painted a ten-foot heart
[00:44.31]In John Deere green
[00:49.86]On a hot summer night
[00:53.18]He wrote "Billy Bob loves Charlene"
[00:57.16]In letters three-foot-high
[01:00.69]And the whole town said, "That he should've used red"
[01:04.27]But it looked good to Charlene
[01:09.05]In John Deere green
[01:14.48]They settled down on 80 acres
[01:23.24]Raising sweet corn, kids, and tomatoes
[01:26.72]They went together like a hand and a glove
[01:32.22]On a clear day from their front yard
[01:38.08]If you look and know what to look for
[01:41.67]Off to the east, you can still read his words of love
[01:46.84]In John Deere green
[01:52.76]On a hot summer night
[01:55.65]He wrote "Billy Bob loves Charlene"
[01:59.84]In letters three-foot-high
[02:03.10]And the whole town said, "The boy should've used red"
[02:06.76]But it looked good to Charlene
[02:11.71]In John Deere green
[02:17.57]Now more than once the town has discovered
[02:32.63]Painting over it ain't no use
[02:35.58]There ain't no paint in the world that'll cover it
[02:40.11]The heart keeps showing through
[02:43.44]In John Deere green
[02:49.52]On a hot summer night
[02:52.41]He wrote "Billy Bob loves Charlene"
[02:56.66]In letters three-foot-high
[02:59.96]And the whole town said, "The fool should've used red"
[03:03.75]But it looked good to Charlene
[03:08.71]In John Deere green
[03:13.77]Ah, paint it green boy
[03:27.32]In John Deere green
[03:44.79]On a hot summer night
[03:47.83]He wrote "Billy Bob loves Charlene"
[03:52.42]In letters three-foot-high
[03:55.37]And the whole town said, "The boy should've used red"
[03:59.19]But it looked good to Charlene
[04:03.90]In John Deere green
[04:10.21]John Deere green
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