Way Down to A Ways to Go

For the day it will come when the proud will fall …

“Way Down in the Hole,” Tom Waits
“Way Down Now,” World Party
“The Way I Was Made,” Griffin House
“The Way of Love,” Charlie Peacock
“The Way of Men,” Mark Heard
“The Way We Make a Broken Heart,” John Hiatt
“The Way You Look Tonight,” Ella Fitzgerald
“The Way You Look Tonight,” Frank Sinatra
“The Way You Look Tonight,” Fred Astaire
“The Way You Make Me Feel,” Michael Jackson
“The Way Young Lovers Do,” Maria McKee
“Wayfaring Stranger,” Emmylou Harris
“Wayfaring Stranger,” Eva Cassidy
“Wayfaring Stranger,” Johnny Cash
“The Ways of a Woman in Love,” Johnny Cash
“Ways to Be Wicked,” Lone Justice
“A Ways to Go,” Emmylou Harris

The end of “Way Down Now” — tribute? allusion? plagiarism? (I’ll go with the first two.)

The YouTube link above for the Fred Astaire song shows him and Ginger Rogers, but he’s just playing the piano and she’s just washing her hair, so it’s a good thing I’ve got some Michael Jackson in this list too for those who want to see some dancing.

My list has two from Emmylou Harris, two from Johnny Cash and two from Maria McKee, plus John Hiatt and some mandolin-era Mark Heard. It seems I’m more of a country fan than I realized.

The YouTube link for “The Ways of a Woman in Love” shows Cash singing in 1958. The link for his “Wayfaring Stranger” lets you hear his voice from 42 years later.