The Downeaster & Quot;alexa & Quot ; Lyrics - Billy Joel

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 

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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 

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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