Billy Joel – The Downeaster 'alexa' Lyrics  Share

From Billy Joel's album: Storm Front

Well I^,m on the Downeaster Alexa
And I^,m cruising through Block Island Sound
I have charted a course to the Vineyard
But tonight I am Nantucket bound

We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner^,s Bay
Like all the locals here I^,ve had to sell my home
Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone

So I could own my Downeaster Alexa
And I go where the ocean is deep
There are giants out there in the canyons
And a good captain can^,t fall asleep

I^,ve got bills to pay and children who need clothes
I know there^,s fish out there but where God only knows
They say these waters aren^,t what they used to be
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But I^,ve got people back on land who count on me

So if you see my Downeaster Alexa
And if you work with the rod and the reel
Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis
And I still have my hands on the wheel

Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa
More and more miles from shore every year
Since they tell me I can^,t sell no stripers
And there^,s no luck in swordfishing here

I was a bayman like my father was before
Can^,t make a living as a bayman anymore
There ain^,t much future for a man who works the sea
But there ain^,t no island left for islanders like me
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