Paint Me a Birmingham

Infobox single
Name = Paint Me a Birmingham
Artist = Tracy Lawrence
from Album = Strong
Released = January 2004
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 3:47
Label = DreamWorks Nashville
Writer = Buck Moore, Gary Duffy
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "What a Memory"
(2002)
This single = "Paint Me a Birmingham"
(2004)
Next single = "It's All How You Look at It"
(2004)

"Paint Me a Birmingham" is a song recorded and relased by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It is the first single released from his album, "Strong". In late May 2004, this song reached a peak of #4 on the United States of America (U.S.) "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts, marking Lawrence's first Top 5 hit since "Lessons Learned" in 2000.

Content

The narrator describes an encounter on the beach with an artist who is painting ocean scenes. The singer then asks the painter to paint a picture of the plans that the man and his lost lover had made:

:"Paint me a Birmingham:"Make it look just the way I planned:"A little house on the edge of town:"Porch goin' all the way around:"Put her there in the front yard swing:"Cotton dress, make it early spring:"For awhile she'll be mine again:"If you can paint me a Birmingham."

Other versions

*Ken Mellons recorded a version of the song on his 2004 album "Sweet". Mellons' version peaked at #54 in early 2004, while Lawrence's version was also climbing the charts.

*On his 2005 album "Bipolar and Proud", country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "Bake Me a Country Ham".