Let me tell you all about a song that I wrote
and recorded some time ago that I didn't release
for one reason or another,
possibly because the time wasn't right.
But I feel it's right now,
and the song is purely fiction and created solely from my
imagination.
And it's just a love story of two people of
two different races and a situation that their
families and society wouldn't accept.
And of all the songs that I've written,
this may be my favorite because it tells it like
it is.
I'd love to shout my feelings from a mountain high
And tell the world I love her and I will till I die
There's no way the world will understand that love is colorblind
That's why Irma Jackson can't be mine
I remember when no one cared about us being friends
We were only children and it really didn't matter then
But we grew up too quickly in a world that draws a line
Where they say Irma Jackson can't be mine
If my loving Irma Jackson is a sin Then I don't
understand this crazy world we're living in
There's a mighty wall between us standing high
But I'll love Irma Jackson till I die
She tells me she's decided that she'll go away
And I guess it's right that she alone should have the final say
But in spite of her decision forcing us to say goodbye
I'll still love Irma Jackson till I die
If my loving Irma Jackson is a sin Then I don't
understand this crazy world we're living in
It's a mighty wall between us standing high
But I'll love Irma Jackson till I die