Curtains Lyrics

Lyric discussion by killerv 

Cover art for Curtains lyrics by Elton John

I came across this song after listening to a cover of it by Alice in Chains. Great Lyrics. Just seems to be about someone remembering being young.

I feel certain that the first two verses are references to 2 of elton and bernies very earliest collaborations,"scarecrow" and "a dandelion dies in the wind".The third verse,though i can,t be absolutely certain,is a reference to another earlier effort entitled "flowers will never die" - which if my memory serves me correctly totally embarrassed elton when he discovered that someone in the dick james camp belatedly entered it for the tokyo song festival in the mid 70,s.BENEATH THESE BRANCHES etc.is a straight evocation of where at frome court (according to elton,s mum) bernie did most of his...