To Ramona

The Flying Burrito Brothers

Ramona come closer

Shut softly your watery eyes

The pangs of your sadness

Shall pass as your senses will rise

But the flowers of the city

Thou breath like yet

Death like thee at times

There's no use in trying

To deal with the dying

Though I can not explain that in rhymes



Your cracked country lips

I still wish to kiss

Have to be by the touch of your skin

Your magnetic movements

Still capture the moments I'm in

It grieves my heart, love

To see you trying

To be a part of a world

That just don't exist

It's all just a scheme, babe

A vaccum of dreams

That sucks you into

Feeling like this



I've heard you say many times

That your better than no one

And no one is better than you

If you really believe that

You know you have nothing to win

And nothing to lose

From fixtures and forces and friends

Your sorrow does stem

They'll hype you and type

A make you feel

That you got to be just like them



I'd forever talk to you

But soon my words would turn

Into a meaningless ring

For deep in my heart

There's no help I can bring

Everything passes everything changes

Just do what you think you should do

Then someday maybe

Who knows, baby

I'll come and be crying to you