Irma Jackson - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

I’d love to shout my feelings from a mountain high

And tell the world I love her and I will until I die

There’s no way the world will understand that love is color blind

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 muddy wall between us standing high

But I’ll love Irma Jackson until I die

She tells me she’s decided that she’ll go away

And I guess it’s right but she alone should have the final say

But in spite of her decision forcing us to say goodbye

I’ll still love Irma Jackson until I die