With apologies to Joe Diffie

Courtney loves Joe Diffie's song, John Deere Green.

When we were driving to our honeymoon cabin in Asheville, John Deere Green came on the radio. And right then Court dared me to write "Kim loves Court" in John Deere green on a water tower.

This year, as a surprise for her birthday, I took her up on her dare...



Instead of singing the happy birthday song for Court, sing John Deere Green... with a slight modification of the lyrics of course (and apologies to Joe Diffie).

John Deere Green
Joe Diffie

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
She climed the water tower
Stood on the rail and painted a 10ft heart
In John Deere green

On a hot summer night
She wrote Kimberly loves Courtney
In letters 3 foot high
And the whole town said that she should have used red
But it looked good to Courtney
In John Deere green

They settled down on 80 acres
Raising sweet corn, kids and tomaters
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 her words of love
In John Deere green

On a hot summer night
She wrote Kimberly loves Courtney
In letters 3 foot high
And the whole town said that she should have used red
But it looked good to Courtney
In John Deere green

Now more then once the town has discovered
Painting over it ain't no use
There ain't no paint in the world that'll cover it
The heart keeps showing through
In John Deere green

On a hot summer night
She wrote Kimberly loves Courtney
In letters 3 foot high
And the whole town said that she should have used red
But it looked good to Courtney
In John Deere green

Ahh, paint it green girl
In John Deere green

On a hot summer night
She wrote Kimberly loves Courtney
In letters 3 foot high
And the whole town said that she should have used red
But it looked good to Courtney
In John Deere green

Happy Birthday Court!