Fastball - The Way (HD)

"The Way" revolves around an older married couple who decide to give it all away by packing up and going driving. 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, Lela and Raymond Howard from Salado, Texas, who left home in June 1997 to attend the Pioneer Day festival at nearby Temple, Texas, but never arrived. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route.
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."
The beginning of the song features a radio scanning through FM stations; among the songs played are Jewel's "Foolish Games", Roy Orbison's "You Got It", and Madonna's "Vogue."

About the video:
The long trip (1100 KM) began at Rio de Janeiro and ended at Arraial d'Ajuda, Bahia. The road is far better than my last travel - (Last Kiss - Pearl Jam - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ob3lebqK1I ). At the end of the video you can see the beaches from Bahia, Arraial and Trancoso, where I arrived. By the way, the car is a manual Citroen C4 and in Brazil we use the metric system, then the velocity is in Km per Hour (Km/H).
Hope you enjoy.

The Way - lyrics

Songwriter: Tony Scalzo

They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going Without ever knowing the way?
They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down They started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

Anyone could see The road that they walk on is paved in gold
And It's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll Never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows Wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today , today

The children woke up
And they couldn't find 'em
They Left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off
And left it all behind 'em
But Where were they going Without ever knowing the way?

Anyone could see The road that they walk on is paved in gold
And It's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll Never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows Wandering off somewhere
They Won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happy there today , today (repeat)

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[Torn80cj]

I actually like this better than the original video. It represents the song better than what the video producers did for this song when Fastball had it on MTV. Back when MTV was what really MTV, although it was already going into it's dying stage around this time frame.

[Rigabe33]

thank you for sharing this great information. Actually I had heard this song before but I never understood the meaning behind the lyrics, it’s really poetic because the couple died feeling like they did when the first met. The video is great too! It takes you right into the story of the song!

[Matt21Irbz]

This song was playing when i was sitting in the back seat of my mom an dads car

[krebs500]

Gringos admirando o terceiro mundo!

[Rowbik]

This is awesome

[therpope]

@Dekar013 no thats just a song ;)

[CeruleanFox]

I thank you for your description. The meaning of this song has been bugging me since I was young and first heard it over and over on the radio. Lol. I was just too young to understand

[Dekar013]

Brazil is really green! Your English is near perfect if you're from Brazil. Nice video.

[shaneinkster]

<3 this song cool song even thow its based on the story of the Howard couple from Salado, Texas

[digoleonardo]

andando a 145km/h na chuva daqui uns dias entra para as estatísticas