John Deere Green - Joe Diffie

Dear mama, well, here's a letter from your girl Well, I think my city days are done, mom And it ain't been three weeks since I came And mama, do remember what you said Say your prayers before you go to bed, child And remember city boys ain't the same I'm like the John Deere tractor In a half acre field Tryin' to plow a furrow Where the soil is made of steel How I wish I was home, mom Where the blue grass is growin' And the sweet country boys don't complain And, mama, so much perfume I thought I'd drown And the Lord didn't seem to be nowhere around Hey, I felt just like a flower from the vine I'm like the John Deere tractor In a half acre field Tryin' to plow a furrow Where the soil is made of steel How I'd like to be home, mom Where the blue grass is growin' And the fire light shimmers and it shines I'm like a John Deere tractor In a half acre field Tryin' to plow a furrow Where the soil is made of steel How I wish I was home, mom Where the blue grass is growin' And the sweet country boys

I'm a 45 spinning on an old Victrola I'm a two strike swinger, I'm a Pepsi Cola I'm a blue jean quarterback saying "I love you" to the prom queen In a Chevy I'm John Wayne, Superman, California I'm a Kris Kristofferson Sunday morning I'm a mom and daddy singing along to Don McLean At the levee And I'm a child of a backseat freedom, baptized by rock and roll Marilyn Monroe in the Garden of Eden, never grow up, never grow old Just another rebel in the great wide Open on the boulevard of broken dreams And I learned everything I needed to Know from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3: 16 Hey, hey Everything I needed That's right I'm Mark Twain on the Mississippi I'm Hemingway with a shot of whiskey I'm a TV dinner on a tray trying to figure out the Wheel of Fortune I'm a Texaco star, I'm a Gibson guitar I'm still a teenage kid trying to go too far I'm a jukebox waiting in a neon bar for a quarter And I'm a child of a backseat freedom, baptized by rock and roll Marilyn Monroe in the Garden of Eden, never grow up, never grow old Just another rebel in the great wide Open on the boulevard of broken dreams And I learned everything I needed to Know from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3: 16 I spent a lot of years running from Believing, looking for another way to save my soul The longer I live, the more I see it: there's only one way home And I'm a child of a backseat freedom, baptized by rock and roll Marilyn Monroe in the Garden of Eden, never grow up, never grow old Just another rebel in the great wide Open on the boulevard of broken dreams And I learned everything I needed to Know from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3: 16 And I'm a child of a backseat freedom, baptized by rock and roll Marilyn Monroe in the Garden of Eden, never grow up, never grow old Just another rebel in the great wide Open on the boulevard of broken dreams And I learned everything I needed to Know from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3: 16 (John Cougar, John Deere, John 3: 16) Everything I needed (John Cougar, John Deere, John 3: 16) Everything I needed (John Cougar, John Deere, John 3: 16) That's right

Some people never love Some keep a chain of withered hearts Some leave a trail of lovers Like old abandoned cars Me, I've lit a thousand candles Flame of hope at both ends Waiting for someone who Never did come back again Said a prayer And there was you You lay your cool cross Across this blistered heart You turned a light on In a corner that's always been dark You loved me when I was not kind When my soul was fire and ice You pointed out the diamonds That only felt like stones to me Said a prayer And there was you Be the last thing these eyes see When I am called from this earth Be the kiss that testifies Louder than final words Be the air I cling to when I leave Then my final prayer will be One more look, one more taste, one more breath Some people count their money Some people count their friends Some just collect their tears In pillows where all their dreams end Moments are my silver Days are my best companion Years are sweeter than dreams When every one is given To a prayer, and you Be the last thing these eyes see When I am called from this earth Be the kiss that testifies Louder than final words Be the air I cling to when I leave Then my final prayer will be One more look, one more taste, one more breath One more look, one more taste, one more breath

Well, I don't know where I'm goin' And I don't even care But from tomorrow mornin' You won't find me anywhere I'll be gone, long gone You'll be callin' me back girl But I'll be makin' tracks Baby, I'm gone Baby, I'm leaving on the next thing smokin' This time, I'm gone and I ain't jokin' Western, Delta, Continental Amtrak, Greyhound, Avis Rental Well, I don't care where I'm bound Just as long as I'm leaving town, I'll be gone If you think your eyes deceive you And you don't believe your ears While I'm making like Houdini You can watch me disappear I'll be gone, long gone Well, I'll go anywhere Just as long as you're not there Baby, I'm gone Baby, I'm leaving on the next thing smokin' This time, I'm gone and I ain't jokin' Western, Delta, Continental Amtrak, Greyhound, Avis Rental I don't care where I'm bound Just as long as I'm leaving town, baby, I'm gone Well, I don't care where I'm bound Just as long as I'm leaving town, I'll be gone I'll be gone, long gone I'll be gone, long gone Well, I'll be gone, long gone Well, I'll be gone, long gone

Man that smells good! I can't get rich; I can't make a living, But I sure do something for the neighborhood women. I wake up every morning with em knocking at my door; You can't keep 'em waiting when they're begging for more. "Back! Back!" I hollered to my hound, "You're supposed to keep 'em from coming around!" I used to think they were after me But they're just after my recipe, for Good brown gravy, good brown gravy, I said Good brown gravy, Mmm, good brown gravy Well, you can sop it with a biscuit, you can eat it from a pan, You can lick it off your fingers when it's running down your hand. If I could get a backer I could cause a big commotion. I could put it on the market, call it "Biscuit Lotion." "Back! Back!" I hollered to my hound, "You're supposed to keep 'em from coming around!" I used to think they were after me But they're just after my recipe, for Good brown gravy, good brown gravy, I said Good brown gravy, Mmm, good brown gravy Well, Granny told my momma 'bout the power that it had; Good Brown Gravy is the way she got my dad. They tried to get me in the Army, tried to get me in the Navy, Just to get the secret of my good brown gravy. "Back! Back!" I hollered to my hound, "You're supposed to keep 'em from coming around!" I used to think they were after me But they're just after my recipe, for Good brown gravy, good brown gravy, I said Good brown gravy, good brown gravy Good brown gravy, good brown gravy I mean good brown gravy!

Thumb stuck high in the air Destination anywhere This road decides to go Underneath the desert sky I find a place to hide and rest my weary bones This underpass will shade the heat As my mind drifts off to sleep... There you are with your hair all down And your feet are bare and your cotton gown What a beautiful sight In the moonlight The way you're looking at me with your loving eyes You let me know that for all my life You would always be my only girl But that's another place in time Back when you were mine In another world A car stops way up ahead I climb inside her hair is red I thank her for the ride She talks the miles away I nod and smile and try to say Anything to be polite But as the darkness ends the day Another voice whisper's my name There you are with your hair all down And your feet are bare and your cotton gown What a beautiful sight In the moonlight The way you're looking at me with your loving eyes You let me know that for all my life You would always be my only girl But that's another place in time Back when you were mine In another world There you are with your hair all down And your feet are bare and your cotton gown What a beautiful sight (beautiful sight) In the moonlight The way you're looking at me with your loving eyes You let me know that for all my life You would always be my only girl But that's another place in time Back when you were mine In another world In another world In another world