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“The Way” revolves around an older married couple who decide to give it all away by packing up and going driving and drinking. Along the way, their car breaks down, so they continue on foot. As the song goes on, it becomes apparent that these two achieve happiness by losing touch with the world.

Fastball bassist Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading journalistic articles which described the disappearance of an older married couple, Raymond and Lela Howard from Salado, Texas, who left home in June of 1997 to attend a family reunion but never arrived[1]. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route[2].

About the song, Scalzo said that “It’s a romanticized take on what happened” - he “pictured them taking off to have fun, like they did when they first met.”

At the beginning of the song, it plays a radio scanning through the FM stations, and one of the songs is Jewel’s 1997 song Foolish Games.

This song is based on the true story of Lela and Raymond Howard, an elderly couple from Salado, Texas who drove to a nearby festival and kept going. She had Alzheimer’s disease and he was recovering from brain surgery. When they disappeared, a reporter from the Austin American-Statesman wrote a series of articles about the missing couple. Fastball bassist Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading the articles (the band is from Austin).
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  • MatthewDujardin

    One Hit Wonder clap clap

    Wednesday morning

  • BlueOclock

    Great song!

    18 days ago

  • Katie_LovesFM

    ..but where were they going; without ever knowing the way? :] ♥

    last month

  • Panecea

    Enternal Summer slacking.

    last month

  • ViperGuy

    classic!

    last month

  • RustInRush

    Having worked with the elderly, I encountered many greedy adult children. To me, this song is about an elderly couple sick of their adult children fighting over their inheritance before their parents have even died. The parents basically say, "screw it - we're outta here" and they disappear, living their lives as they see fit - spending their children's inheritance like they were rock stars. :D

    February 2012

  • toastyotaku42

    awesome song!!

    January 2012

  • Noisyturtle

    after all these years, this song's still got it

    January 2012

  • puppyhand

    Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

    January 2012

  • KelB53

    If you like these guys look up their song "You're an Ocean"

    January 2012

  • radiant_disease

    classic

    December 2011

  • alogan83

    Good song!

    December 2011

  • Daniel_Green

    Amazing song!

    November 2011

  • timmypod

    Just noticed a quick Jewel sample at the beginning during the radio static.

    November 2011

  • dannygrl

    I had ni idea who the artist was. Now i know...

    September 2011

  • kissesneverdie

    I liked this song but I didn't know it was by this band. Nice.

    July 2011

  • Uncumbered

    This song is based on the true story of Lela and Raymond Howard, an elderly couple from Salado, Texas who drove to a nearby festival and kept going. She had Alzheimer's disease and he was recovering from brain surgery. When they disappeared, a reporter from the Austin American-Statesman wrote a series of articles about the missing couple. Fastball bassist Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading the articles (the band is from Austin). He says, "It's a romanticized take on what happened" - he "pictured them taking off to have fun, like they did when they first met." However, he found out after writing the song that the couple had died. They were found at the bottom of a canyon in Buffalo Gap,Texas (near Abilene), about a 3 hour drive from their destination. (thanks, Crystal - Springfield, MO)

    July 2011

  • whommie

    based on a true story.GOOGLE THAT SHIT.

    July 2011

  • sonic429

    do they have any other songs besides this and and "out of my head?"

    June 2011

  • mrwise73

    it dont get old. still dig it.

    May 2011
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