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THEY WERE FARM KIDS

WAY DOWN IN DIXIE

MET IN HIGH SCHOOL

IN THE SIXTIES

EVERYONE KNEW

IT WAS LOVE

FROM THE START

ONE JULY IN

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR

HE CLIMBED UP ON THE

WATER TOWER

STOOD ON THE RAIL

AND PAINTED

A TEN FOOT HEART

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'VE

USED RED

BUT IT LOOKED GOOD

TO CHARLENE

IN JOHN DEERE GREEN

4 BAR

BREAK

THEY SETTLED DOWN ON

EIGHTY ACRES

RAISIN' SWEET CORN

KIDS AND TOMATOES

THEY WENT

TOGETHER

LIKE A HAND

IN A GLOVE

ON A CLEAR DAY

FROM THEIR

FRONT YARD

IF YOU'RE LOOKIN'

KNOW WHAT

TO LOOK FOR

OFF TO THE EAST

YOU CAN STILL

READ HIS WORDS

OF LOVE

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

THE BOY SHOULD'VE

USED RED

BUT IT LOOKED GOOD

TO CHARLENE

IN JOHN DEERE GREEN

8 BAR

INSTRUMENTAL

BREAK

NOW MORE THAN ONCE

THE TOWN

HAS DISCOVERED

PAINTIN' OVER IT

AIN'T NO USE

THERE AIN'T NO PAINT

IN THE WORLD

THAT'LL COVER IT

THE HEART KEEPS

SHOWIN' THROUGH

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

THE BOY SHOULD'VE

USED RED

BUT IT LOOKED GOOD

TO CHARLENE

IN JOHN DEERE GREEN

16 BAR

INSTRUMENTAL

BREAK

IN JOHN DEERE GREEN

ON A HOT

SUMMER NIGHT

HE WROTE BILLY BOB

LOVES CHARLENE

IN LETTERS

THREE FOOT HIGH

WELL THE

WHOLE TOWN SAID

THE FOOL SHOULD'VE

USED RED

BUT IT LOOKED GOOD

TO CHARLENE

IN JOHN DEERE GREEN

JOHN DEERE GREEN