The original title was "The Boy Next Door." They (Page and Plant) took a long walk with a guitar and tape recorder, sat down in a ravine, and wrote this. Page's daughter, Scarlet Page, was conceived "about half an hour" after "That's the Way" was written during their time at the cottage at Bron-Yr-Aur, Wales. The lyrics "I can't believe what people saying, you're gonna let your hair hang down, I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long, you're in the darker side of town" reflects the way Zeppelin was treated in their earlier days in America. In the American south it was common for Zeppelin to receive death threats before concerts. When they walked into restaurants they were usually asked to leave, but not before being spit on or having a gun pointed at them for their long hair.