Just the feelin' behind this form...there's nothing literal in here. Neil Young Portland Civic Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, USA January 24, 1992

I'd like to do a song here for Thoreau. This is a song for him. It may seem like a song that doesn't make any sense, till after you've heard it. Then you'll be pretty sure. This a song about a dreamer. I think it has some kind of relevance here, somehow. I've been wrong before though, so... Neil Young Walden Woods Benefit, Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, California, USA April 1, 1992

GW: Do all the songs on Harvest Moon come from a particular period of time? YOUNG: There's two groups of songs on the record: those that I started a long time ago and were finished in 1991 or '92, and those that were written entirely in other years. For example, "One Of These Days" was written in '85, "Natural Beauty" and "Dreamin' Man" in '89, "Unknown Legend" was '82 and '92. All different periods. I also composed a couple of songs last summer while on vacation with my wife and kids in Evergreen, Colorado. I wrote "War Of Man" and I finished "You And Me," which I started in 1975^*. There were 17 or 18 possibilities for Harvest Moon. The songs that didn't make the cut are just waiting for something else, I guess. Neil Young Guitar World/Gary Graff June 1993 * - The intro to "I Am A Child" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Feb 1, 1971 contained a fragment of "You And Me"