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Billy Joel( William Martin Joel )
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The Downeaster 'Alexa' (Live)
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 Left this morning from the bell in Gardiners Bay, Like all the locals here I have 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 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 Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com But I 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.
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