To Ramona

About To Ramona

"To Ramona" is a folk waltz written by Bob Dylan for his fourth studio album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. The melody is taken from traditional Mexican folk music. "To Ramona" is also a nod to Rex Griffin's 1937 song "The Last Letter". The song is one of several on the album to highlight the more personal and less political side of Dylan's songwriting that would become more prominent in the future. The song also makes allusions to Dylan's personal relationship with fellow folk singer Joan Baez, at the time of its composition and subsequent release. It is another example of the G, G6, G7 harmonic motif Dylan uses pervasively on the record. The song was recorded in one take in the Columbia Recording Studios on June 9, 1964. British R&B pianist Alan Price (ex-The Animals) recorded a piano and vocal solo cover of "To Ramona" on his 1966 album A Price On His Head. A cover version of the song was recorded by The Flying Burrito Brothers on their 1971 self-titled album. This version is featured in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which itself features a central character called Ramona Flowers. The influence of the song on the character's creation is indicated by an inter-title (chapter heading in the comic series) quoting the song's opening lyrics "Ramona, come closer." more »

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1980

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Ramona come closer 
Shut softly your watery eyes
The pangs of your sadness
Shall pass as your senses will rise
The flowers of the city
Though breathlike get deathlike at times
And there's no use in tryin'
T' deal with the dyin' 
Though I cannot explain that in lines

Your cracked country lips 
I still wish to kiss 
As to be under the strength of your skin
Your magnetic movements
Still capture the minutes I'm in
But it grieves my heart love 
To see you tryin' to be a part of
A world that just don't exist
It's all just a dream babe 
A vacuum a scheme babe 
That sucks you into feelin' like this

I can see that your head
Has been twisted and fed
By worthless foam from the mouth
I can tell you are torn
Between stayin' and returnin'
On back to the South
You've been fooled into thinking

That the finishin' end is at hand
Yet there's no one to beat you 
No one t' defeat you 
'Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad

I've heard you say many times
That you're better 'n no one
And no one is better 'n you
If you really believe that 
You know you got
Nothing to win and nothing to lose
From fixtures and forces and friends 
Your sorrow does stem 
That hype you and type you 
Making you feel
That you must be exactly like them

I'd forever talk to you 
But soon my words 
They would turn into a meaningless ring
For deep in my heart
I know there is no help I can bring
Everything passes 
Everything changes 
Just do what you think you should do
And someday maybe 
Who knows baby 
I'll come and be cryin' to you

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Alan Price

Alan Price (born 19 April 1942, Fatfield, Washington, County Durham) is an English musician, best known as the original keyboardist for the English band The Animals and for his subsequent solo work. more »

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