The song's about old fashioned attitudes to a mixed race relationship, specifically in Britain. When a lot of West Indian families began moving to the UK, they were treated with suspicion and it was a cause for concern that a young woman might date a black man or marry into a black family. This song attempts to defy that bias and the male refuses to hold back from his love for a non-white girl despite the disapproval of his old fashioned parents. Apparently Brett had first hand experience of this within his own family. I believe an aunt of his dated outside of her anglo roots and it caused a fuss.
@lateleigh Brett actually wrote about his aunt in another song - She's Not Dead (https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/16587/) His aunt and her lover unfortunately took their lives and that's what She's Not Dead was written about.
@lateleigh Brett actually wrote about his aunt in another song - She's Not Dead (https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/16587/) His aunt and her lover unfortunately took their lives and that's what She's Not Dead was written about.
The song's about old fashioned attitudes to a mixed race relationship, specifically in Britain. When a lot of West Indian families began moving to the UK, they were treated with suspicion and it was a cause for concern that a young woman might date a black man or marry into a black family. This song attempts to defy that bias and the male refuses to hold back from his love for a non-white girl despite the disapproval of his old fashioned parents. Apparently Brett had first hand experience of this within his own family. I believe an aunt of his dated outside of her anglo roots and it caused a fuss.
A beautifully sung track.
@lateleigh Brett actually wrote about his aunt in another song - She's Not Dead (https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/16587/) His aunt and her lover unfortunately took their lives and that's what She's Not Dead was written about.
@lateleigh Brett actually wrote about his aunt in another song - She's Not Dead (https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/16587/) His aunt and her lover unfortunately took their lives and that's what She's Not Dead was written about.