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The song describes a man's turbulent relationship with a woman. She tells him that "she thinks she needs to be free", a euphemism for leaving him, noting that the relationship does not seem to be really working out. In the end he comes to agree, she needs to be free. In response she says that she would actually rather be with him, but the man comes to realize that this is only her way to keep him on the limb. Her personality has diverged so much since they met that he can't find the woman he loved, and is only hanging on to half her heart. It is one of Zevon's more tender songs, even if dealing with such an unhappy relationship.

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  • The song describes a man's turbulent relationship with a woman. She tells him that "she thinks she needs to be free", a euphemism for leaving him, noting that the relationship does not seem to be really working out. In the end he comes to agree, she needs to be free. In response she says that she would actually rather be with him, but the man comes to realize that this is only her way to keep him on the limb. Her personality has diverged so much since they met that he can't find the woman he loved, and is only hanging on to half her heart. It is one of Zevon's more tender songs, even if dealing with such an unhappy relationship.
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  • The song describes a man's turbulent relationship with a woman. She tells him that "she thinks she needs to be free", a euphemism for leaving him, noting that the relationship does not seem to be really working out. In the end he comes to agree, she needs to be free. In response she says that she would actually rather be with him, but the man comes to realize that this is only her way to keep him on the limb. Her personality has diverged so much since they met that he can't find the woman he loved, and is only hanging on to half her heart. It is one of Zevon's more tender songs, even if dealing with such an unhappy relationship. The song appears on the I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) and Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon. It is also featured on the Learning to Flinch and the 2007 reissue of Stand in the Fire. The song is also available in sheet form in The Warren Zevon Guitar Songbook. A strings version is on Dad Get Me Out Of This: The String Quartet Tribute To Warren Zevon. Jackson Browne, producer of the song's debut album, has stated that it is one of his favourite songs of all time. Linda Ronstadt covered the song and used the title for her 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind.
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