GREEN
Joe S. Lyrics

They were farm kids way down in Dixie
They were both kids from a farming community in southern USA

They met in high school in the sixties
They fell in love while attending high school in the 1960s

Everyone knew it was love from the start
Their love was apparent to everyone who knew them

One July in the midnight hour
One night in July, at midnight

He climbed upon the water tower
He climbed up a water tower

Stood on the rail and painted a ten foot heart
He painted a large heart while standing on the edge of the water tower

In John Deere green, on a hot summer night
The heart was painted using the color of the John Deere tractors, on a hot summer night

He wrote 'Billy Bob loves Charlene' in letters three foot high
He wrote 'Billy Bob loves Charlene' with letters that were three feet high

And the whole town said that he should've used red
The town thought he should have used the color red instead

But it looked good to Charlene
Charlene liked the heart being painted in John Deere green

They settled down on eighty acres
They settled on an 80-acre farm

Raising sweet corn, kids and tomatoes
They grew sweet corn and tomatoes while raising their children

They went together like a hand and a glove
They were perfect together, like a hand in a glove

On a clear day, from their front yard
On a clear day, they could see something from their front yard

If you look and know what to look for
If you knew what to look for, you could see something

Off to the east you can still read his words of love
To the east, you could still see the heart he painted with 'Billy Bob loves Charlene'

Now more than once the town has discovered
The town had discovered multiple times

Painting over it ain't no use
Painting over the heart was pointless

There ain't no paint in the world that'll cover it
No paint could completely cover the heart

The heart keeps showing through
The heart kept showing through, despite attempts to cover it up

Ah, paint it green boy
Keep the heart painted in John Deere green