Well I'm an empty nester. I never knew what that meant 'til a while ago and I really felt it. Some of you may not be old enough, but you like most of you are. [laughter] So it's funny - I used to write these love songs for these young girls - dreaming about them and falling in love with them. Specially back in the Buffalo Springfield. So I wrote this one here - it's a different kind of love song. Neil Young Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA August 18, 2005

TG: This is a song that was written for you daughter. It's called I'm Here For You. Would you talk about writing this one? NY: This is like the second to last song that I did before going back to New York. It's a song about my daughter - she's twenty-one, and she's moving on. She's in college, she's graduating, and I'm really proud of her and how well she's doing. She an artist. Of course, I miss her all the time, but I really don't want to intrude. So I was just trying to communicate to her that she had a place to go, but it wasn't a place she had to go. If she needed me that I was there - that myself and her mother would be there for her if she ever needed us. And that she was free to go and free to stay. And that we were behind her all the way. So, it's just that kind of a song - a kind of a letting go without letting go kind of ... Neil Young "Neil Young And Jonathan Demme On The Pain And Power Of 'Heart Of Gold" Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross February 9, 2006

This little song is about empty nests. If you have children, you will understand this one a little more. Neil Young NYA - Now Showing in the Hearse Theater March 5, 2020

This song was written for my beautiful daughter Amber Jean, many years ago. I knew she would be going out into the world soon and I was already missing her. Today, I love her so much with her wonderful family and my beautiful grandchildren. Neil Young NYA - Now Showing in the Hearse Theater July 16, 2020