D is for The Downeaster Alexa ~ Billy Joel A - Z The Downeaster 'Alexa' is one of Billy Joel's most unique songs, bringing specific attention to the fishers of Long Island. Use the arrows/A-D/space/clicking to navigate. Some images will sound when you hover over them. Any feedback is welcome and appreciated! Lyrics 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 work 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 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 Ya-yo Ya-yo Ya-yo Ya-ya-yo 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 Ya-ya-ya-yo Ya-ya-ya-yo Ya-ya-ya-ya-yo Ya-ya-ya-yo
Credits and thanks always to Billy Joel <3 Listen to the original recording/music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVlDSzbrH5M Hear Billy Joel discussing the song and the bay here: https://vimeo.com/225303383 Watch one of the best live performances from 1990 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duNltFtDR4Y
