Question: who was the song cinnamon girl written about

title: Cinnamon Girl
text: The lyrics have the singer daydreaming for a girl to love , singing that he waits `` between shows '' for his lover . Young has claimed that he wrote the song `` for a city girl on peeling pavement coming at me through Phil Ochs ' eyes playing finger cymbals . It was hard to explain to my wife . '' The city girl playing finger cymbals is a reference to folk singer Jean Ray . Music critic Johnny Rogan described the lyrics as `` exotic and allusive without really saying anything at all . '' Critic Toby Creswell describes the lyrics as `` cryptic love lyrics '' noting that they are sung `` over the crunching power of Crazy Horse . '' Critic John Mendelsohn felt the song conveyed a message of `` desperation begetting brutal vindictiveness , '' hinted at by the `` almost impenetrably subjective words '' but carried strongly by the sound of Crazy Horse 's `` heavy , sinister accompaniment . '' Introducing the song at a performance associated with Writer 's Week at Whittier College ( California ) in April , 2015 , Los Lobos co-founder Louie Perez said that when he first heard `` Cinnamon Girl '' , he was sure it was about a Mexican girl . 

Answer: answer: It was wrote for a city girl playing finger cymbals, who happened to be the folk singer Jean Ray.