Paint Me A Birmingham

'"Paint Me A Birmingham" is a hit country song written by Buck Moore and Gary Duffy. It was recorded by Ken Mellons in 2003 and peaked at #54 in the Billboard Hot Country list in 2004. It was included on his 2004 album Sweet. Singer Tracy Lawrence recorded a different version for his 2004 album Strong, and his version reached #4 on the Hot Country list and #42 on Billboards Hot 100. It was Lawrence's first Top 5 hit since 2000's "Lessons Learned".

In the song, the narrator meets an artist painting ocean scenes on the beach. He asks the artist to compose a scene based on his mental picture of plans that he and a former lover had made, but never realized. The chorus is:

"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."

The song was parodied as "Bake Me a Country Ham" in Cledus T. Judd's 2005 album Bipolar and Proud.