Written by Warren Zevon 1973 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Darkroom Music BMI. 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.