<… Read Full Bio ↴Tracy Lawrence (born 27 January 1968) is an American country musician.
Tracy Lawrence was born in Atlanta, Texas, and raised in Foreman, Ark., Lawrence played in his first band at the age of 16. He attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, where he was a member of Sigma Pi Fraternity. In 1990 Lawrence left Arkansas and went to Nashville.
Lawrence took jobs as an ironworker and in phone sales while he tried to break into the Nashville music scene. He began participating in talent shows and earned enough money to live on. In 1991 he had a gig at the Bluebird Cafe and met Wayne Edwards who became his manager.
With Edwards assistance Lawrence signed with Atlantic Records and released his first album "Sticks and Stones." On 31 May 1991 Lawrence walked his former girlfriend to the door of her hotel room and was confronted by three armed men. The men robbed them and attempted to force Lawrence and his friend into her motel room. Lawrence resisted and was shot four times, allowing his friend to escape. Two of the wounds were major and necessitated surgery. One of the bullets remains imbedded in Lawrence's pelvis.
Lawrence's album shot up the charts to number one on the back of publicity from the shooting and spawned several Top 10 singles. Lawrence's second album Alibis went Platinum and generated three straight Number One singles.
Lawrence was Billboard's Top New Male Vocalist in 1992 and received the Academy of Country Music's Best New Artist and Top New Male Vocalist in 1993.
In 1994 Lawrence released his third album, I See It Now was also a Platinum album. Lawrence released a Live album in 1995 and another studio album entitled Time Marches On in 1996. In 1997 Lawrence released another album entitled Coast is Clear which he co-produced. All told, Lawrence generated 7 Number One singles by this time and every one of his albums at this point in his career had gone Platinum.
In 2005, he released the album "Then & Now: The Hits Collection" that had him singing new vocals on the majority of his hit songs, as well as two new songs, "Used to the Pain" and "If I Don't Make it Back." both of which charted on the Billboard Country Charts. The new recordings sounded very similar to the previous ones, although on some tracks, such as "I See It Now" and "If The World Had a Front Porch" Lawrence's maturity may have improved the vocals, giving them a little more depth. The main reason for re-recording the songs instead of just making a run of the mill greatest hits collection was that Lawrence had switched record labels and Universal Music Group, who he currently records for, does not hold the rights to the old recordings. The new album was very well received and is leaving fans wanting even more out of the unique country star.
In 2006, Lawrence launched Rocky Comfort Records (RCR), a partnership with his manager Laney Lawrence. The label will operate as a joint venture with CO5 Nashville (a division of CO5 Music). His new single "Find Out Who Your Friends Are,” will be released to radio August 21, 2006 with his first studio album on the RCR/CO5 Nashville imprint scheduled for release in early 2007.
Lawrence is known to have a wide range with sounds ranging from neotraditional country to songs with a definite southern rock feel.
Lawrence has visited US troops involved in peacekeeping operations in Kosovo and annually participates in a golf tournament to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research. Lawrence has also purchased equipment for his hometown high school in Arkansas.
Lawrence has been inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame.
Paint Me A Birmingham
Tracy Lawrence Lyrics
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Painting waves as they danced upon the sand
With every stroke, he brought to life
The deep blue of the ocean against the morning sky
I ask him if he only painted ocean scenes
He said, "For twenty dollars, I'll paint you anything"
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 a while, she'll be mine again
If you could paint me a Birmingham
He looked at me with knowing eyes
And took a canvas from a bag there by his side
Picked up a brush and said to me
"Son, just where in this picture would you like to be?"
I said, "If there's any way you can
Could you paint me back into her arms again?"
Would you 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 a while, she'll be mine again
If you could paint me a Birmingham
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 a while, she'll be mine again
If you could paint me a Birmingham
Oh, paint me a Birmingham
"Paint Me a Birmingham" is a song by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence, released in 2003. The song is about a man who asks a painter if he can paint him a picture of Birmingham, a place where he once lived and loved a woman. The painter agrees and the man describes exactly what he wants the painting to look like. He wants the house he lived in to be on the edge of town, a porch going all the way around, and the woman he loved sitting on the front yard swing wearing a cotton dress. He wants the painting to depict an early spring day when everything is bright and new.
The song tells a story of love, loss, and longing. The man is clearly still in love with the woman and wishes he could be with her again. The painting is a way for him to hold onto a memory of her and of the life they once shared. The song is poignant and evocative, with vivid imagery that paints a picture of a simpler time and a simpler love. The man's request for the painting is a way for him to connect with his past and to remember a time when life seemed more innocent and full of possibilities.
Line by Line Meaning
He was sitting there, his brush in hand
He sat there, holding his brush.
Paining waves as they danced upon the sand
He painted the waves dancing on the sand.
With every stroke he brought to life
His strokes brought life to the image.
The deeper of the ocean against the morning sky
He added depth to the ocean with the morning sky.
I asked him if he only painted ocean scenes
I asked if he only painted ocean scenes.
He said for twenty dollars, I'll paint you anything
He replied saying he could paint anything for twenty dollars.
Could you paint me a Birmingham?
He requested the painter to paint a Birmingham.
Make it look just the way I plan
He wanted the Birmingham to look exactly how he imagined.
A little house on the edge of town
He wanted a small house at the edge of a town.
Porch going all the way around
The house should be surrounded by a porch.
Put her there on the front yard swing
He wanted her to be placed on the front yard swing.
Cotton dress make it early spring
She should be in a cotton dress representing early spring.
For a while she'll be mine again
He wanted to feel like she was his for a while.
If you could paint me a Birmingham
He restated his request for the painter to paint a Birmingham.
He looked at me with knowing eyes
The painter looked at him with experienced eyes.
And took a canvas from the bag there by his side
The painter took a canvas from the bag beside him.
Picked up a brush and said to me
He picked up a brush and spoke to him.
"Son, just where in this picture would you like to be?"
The painter asked him which part of the picture he wanted to be in.
I said, "If there's any way you can,
He replied to the painter's question.
Could you paint me back into her arms again?"
He wanted to be painted back into her arms.
Paint me a Birmingham
He repeated his request for a Birmingham painting.
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Written by: Buck A. Moore, Gary L. Duffey
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@mistiewaters2185
"Son, just where in this picture would you like to be?" One of the most powerful lines in a song I've EVER heard! It gives me chills!
@protocolsavage8506
my dad ripped this onto an old music player when i was a kid and gave it to me with a couple other of his favorite songs, even at 10 i knew how deep the lyrics were and they just grow on me more and more as time goes on
@asador7922
That’s called “class”; with you all the way. Poignant.
@forsaken7976
"Could you paint me back into her arms again."
Damn you Tracy Lawrence. Gets me everytime.
@loripittenger9089
Feels this comment hard right now 💔
@mattdeshler3115
Same :/
@briangleason5597
@@mattdeshler3115 Same here brother. AMEN.
@brandonlaborde5818
Ewh I'm back in my feelings again
@LaStryka
Could I paint you front out of my hold again?
Forever she'll be my friend...if you could paint murray bingham.... #Rearranged #ItsTrueTho #SeeRobinHoodNow? Lulz. It was one of my exes. I lived next door to Bingham on Claude Parks Rd in Murrayville, GA in 2004. #ScrappyDoo
His brush in hand like a bottle of Buchanan's 12 year.
I met my husband on Sardis down the road from where the roundhouse used to be in Gainesville. It was my husband's brother who lived down the street from Robin Hood and next door to Bingham. He died last year in 2019 but I fulfilled a promise to my brother in law from 2005 and had a Georgia Bulldogs flower arrangement made in Raleigh, North Carolina by my cousin who's a florist and had it delivered to his funeral in Gainesville because he's the reason I loved football. If it hadn't been for him I would have never met my husband and there were a lot of happy memories I could never forget and I wanted him to know I didn't forget our talks or forget his friendship.
@stacymelton9486
This was my dads song to my mom after she passed away with cancer June 21,2002 and he finally joined her On feb 3 2007. i miss them both.