Lyrics to
Hasten Down The Wind

This version of Hasten Down The Wind was released by Warren Zevon in 1976.

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She tells him she thinks she needs to be free
He tells her he doesn’t understand
She takes his hand
She tells him nothing’s working out the way they planned

She’s so many women
He can’t find the one who was his friend
So he’s hanging on to half her heart
He can’t have the restless part
So he tells her to hasten down the wind

Then he agrees he thinks she needs to be free
Then she says she’d rather be with him
But it’s just a whim
By which she hopes to keep him on the limb

She’s so many women
He can’t find the one who was his friend
So he’s hanging on to half her heart
He can’t have the restless part
So he tells her to hasten down the wind

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About Lyrics and Hasten Down The Wind by Warren Zevon

The lyrics for Hasten Down The Wind are defined as the words making up the song released by Warren Zevon in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Hasten Down The Wind have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Warren Zevon and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Hasten Down The Wind by Warren Zevon if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Hasten Down The Wind" means the words set to the music of Hasten Down The Wind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Warren Zevon. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Hasten Down The Wind and the lyrics to Hasten Down The Wind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Warren Zevon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hasten Down The Wind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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