Released October 13, 2003 Writer(s) Buck MooreGary Duffy | Format CD single Length 3:47 | |
Label DreamWorks Nashville 14205 | ||
"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 early 2004 and becoming his first Top 5 country hit since "Lessons Learned" in 1999.
Contents
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 the man and his lost lover had actually made. The song is in the key of F-sharp major with a vocal range from G♯3 to C♯5.
Music video
The music video was filmed live in concert.
Parodies
On his 2005 album Bipolar and Proud, country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "Bake Me a Country Ham". Judd's parody charted at #58 on the country music charts as well.