Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Downeaster "Alexa" , by - Billy Joel. Release date: 02.05.2019
Song language: English
The Downeaster "Alexa" |
| Well I’m on the downeaster «alexa» |
| And I’m cruising through block island sound |
| I have chartered 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 gardner’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 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 told 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 |