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 climbed upon the water tower

Stood on the rail and painted a ten foot heart



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In 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 have used red

But it looked good to Charlene

In John Deere green





They settled down on eighty 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



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Now more than once the town has discovered

that paintin over it ain't no use

There ain't no paint that'll cover it

if the heart still shows through