Fastball - The Way Lyrics
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Fastball
The Way Lyrics
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
(Leaving it all behind)
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
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
(Leaving it all behind)
[Thanks to arpace53 for correcting these lyrics]
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
(Leaving it all behind)
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
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
(Leaving it all behind)
[Thanks to arpace53 for correcting these lyrics]
Writer: Anthony Scalzo
Publisher: The Bicycle Music Company
Publisher: The Bicycle Music Company
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The Way Info:
• Fastball front man Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading
an article which described the disappearance of an elderly 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,
despite Lela's Alzheimers and Raymond recently recovering from brain surgery.
They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route.
• Tony Scalzo said: "It's a romanticized take on what happened" - he "pictured them taking off to have fun, like they did when they first met."
They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route.
• Tony Scalzo said: "It's a romanticized take on what happened" - he "pictured them taking off to have fun, like they did when they first met."
Released: February 24, 1998