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Paint Me a Birmingham

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Wikipedia article




"'Paint Me a Birmingham'" is a song written by Buck Moore and Gary Duffy. It was concurrently released by American country music artists Ken Mellons and Tracy Lawrence, whose versions entered the country charts within one week of each other. Lawrence's was the more successful of the two, reaching #4 in May 2004 and becoming his first Top 5 country hit since "Lessons Learned" in April 2000.

Content



The narrator/singer describes an encounter with an artist who is painting ocean scenes. The singer asks the painter to paint a picture of the life the man had planned, or imagined, before losing the woman he loved. Specifically, he describes the house, a Birmingham-style house, and a scene where he and his love are together again. The song is in the key of G-flat major, modulating up to A-flat major at the last chorus, with a vocal range from A3 to D5.

Music video



The music video was filmed live in concert.

Chart positions



Ken Mellons



Tracy Lawrence



Year-end charts



Parodies



On his 2004 album 'Bipolar and Proud', country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "Bake Me a Country Ham". Judd's parody reached #58 on the country music charts.

References



Category:2003 singles

Category:Tracy Lawrence songs

Category:Ken Mellons songs

Category:Song recordings produced by James Stroud

Category:DreamWorks Records singles

Category:Songs written by Buck Moore

Category:2003 songs

Category:Songs about painters

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