The Downeaster "Alexa" Lyrics

The song The Downeaster "Alexa" is performed by Billy Joel in the album named Complete Hits Collection 1973-1997 in the year 1997 .



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
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 trawling 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



Billy Joel - Complete Hits Collection 1973-1997

Oct 1997

  1. Piano Man
  2. Captain Jack
  3. The Entertainer
  4. Say Goodbye To Hollywood
  5. New York State Of Mind
  6. The Stranger
  7. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
  8. Just The Way You Are
  9. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
  10. Only The Good Die Young
  11. She's Always A Woman
  12. My Life
  13. Big Shot
  14. You May Be Right
  15. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
  16. Don't Ask Me Why
  17. She's Got A Way
  18. Pressure
  19. Allentown
  20. Goodnight Saigon
  21. Tell Her About It
  22. Uptown Girl
  23. The Longest Time
  24. You're Only Human (Second Wind)
  25. The Night Is Still Young
  26. Keeping The Faith
  27. An Innocent Man
  28. A Matter Of Trust
  29. Baby Grand (duet w/Ray Charles)
  30. This Is The Time
  31. Leningrad
  32. We Didn't Start The Fire
  33. I Go To Extremes
  34. And So It Goes
  35. The Downeaster "Alexa"
  36. Shameless
  37. All About Soul (Remix)
  38. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
  39. The River Of Dreams
  40. To Make You Feel My Love
  41. Hey Girl
  42. Light As The Breeze
  43. Billy Joel Spoken Intro/ Music Concepts
  44. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (Live Unreleased Version)
  45. Beatles Influence
  46. Hard Days Night (Live Unreleased Version)
  47. Why Vienna?
  48. Vienna (Live Unreleased Version)
  49. History Through Music
  50. We Didn't Start The Fire (Live unreleased version)
  51. Music Source
  52. The River Of Dreams (Unreleased original studio recording)
  53. Piano Bar
  54. Piano Man (Live Unreleased Version)

The Downeaster "Alexa"