Paint Me a Birmingham

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“Paint Me a Birmingham”

Single by Tracy Lawrence
from the album Strong

Released

January 2004

Genre

Country

Length

3:47

Label

DreamWorks Nashville

Writer(s)

Buck Moore, Gary Duffy

Tracy Lawrence singles chronology

"What a Memory"
(2002)

"Paint Me a Birmingham"
(2004)

"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.

[edit] 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."

[edit] 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.