JOHN DEERE GREEN
JOE DIFFIE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SONG LYRICS
Joe Logan Diffie (born December 28, 1958) is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. After working as a demo singer in the 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. Between then and 2004, Diffie charted 35 cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five number one singles: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)", "Third Rock from the Sun", "Pickup Man" (his longest-lasting number one, at four weeks) and "Bigger Than the Beatles". In addition to these cuts, he has 12 other top ten singles and ten other top 40 hits on the same chart. He also co-wrote singles for Holly Dunn, Tim McGraw and Jo Dee Messina, and has recorded with Mary Chapin Carpenter, George Jones and Marty Stuart.
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
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
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 have used red,
But it looked good to Charlene
In John Deere green
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
If the heart still shows 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 fool should have used red,
But it looked good to Charlene
In John Deere green
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 have used red,
But it looked good to Charlene
In John Deere green
John Deere green!