Billy Joel The Downeaster And Quot;alexa And Quot ; Lyrics

The Downeaster And Quot;alexa And Quot ; Lyrics

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