We often receive emails in our office about songs Ray has written. Questions such as "What prompted that inspiration" or What the hell is he talking about". We thought is would be nice to share the answers with those of you who are interested in where the lyrics and weird imagery come from. If you will send your questions toheadquarters@raywylie.com with a "question for blog" in the subject line we will give them to Ray who will post the reply on his blog. The only questions we won't give him are: How can I get one of my songs to Ray so he will A.) Give it to Willie B.) Write the verses to this great chorus I have. Hint: (There is no C)

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Snake Farm

Was Snake Farm written about the little place in San Antonio and was there ever a Ramona staff member?

Thanks,
Julie Crawford



Julie,

i have driven by the snake farm in new braunfels probably 10000 times and one day as i drove by i went, Uggggh, just sounds nasty. flannery o'conner said "never second guess inspiration" so instead of going on to the next thought, i kept it and wrote the chorus and said, "well what do i do with this?" i'll make it a love song about a man who doesn't like snakes but is in love with a woman who works there. well then it was like dominos. what would her name be, ramona of course, she would drink malt liquor, have a ironic tattoo, dance like you know who, and prefer the alarm over u2. it is just a song rather than a jingle for the place.

ray wylie

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