Warren Zevon — Hasten Down the Wind Live 1980

[Intro] I said this before, and I'll say it again There's  a song I'd like to play for ya That  I wrote a decade ago, just about And this is the song that came along and intervened between myself and starvation Thanks to this song In  those days, you know, when I wrote this song, I was not a very happy fellow Yeah,  I was poor and strung out and screwed up And now I'm just screwed up I'm  very happy, thank you Thank you very much 'Cause everybody got to change sometime Speaking as one who's abused privilege for a long time, I'll tell ya, it's great to be alive Thank  you [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] And she's so many women That he can't find the one who was his friend So he's hanging on to half a heart He can't have the restless part So he tells her to hasten down the wind [Interlude] Barry, turn up the house lights I've found the ones who were my friends [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] She's so many women That he can't find the one who was his friend So he's hanging on to half a heart He can't have the restless part So he tells her to hasten down the wind He tells her to hasten down the wind [Instrumental Break] [Outro] Thank you very much Keep on rockin' And take my love and buy a [?]