The Downeaster `Alexa` - Billy Joel (The Original) + Lycris

Here is the original Song of *The Downeaster Alexa - Billy Joel

Here is the Lycris:

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

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[tomsws6]

haha  same here hang over II

[b6r6]

used my phone to find the song while watching hangover 2 . then typed it on youtube,,

[Vivify705]

@mike2tosu Yeah, I know, just being annoying. :p

[charlesolivier89]

its a really good song and good choice for using in hangover part 2

[mike2tosu]

@Vivify705 trawling - to fish with a net that drags along the sea bottom.

[Vivify705]

MeExecute, I think you got the lyrics wrong.

"Tell my wife I am TROLLING Atlantis!"

and, thus, why the city is underwater to this day.

[Vivify705]

I liked Billy Joel before Hang Over 2... And I don't even want to watch it. Weird, right??? No.

[iamhere121]

Lol that kid teddy disliked it

[katemorningsxo]

haha im wathing hangover 2 too :D

[Moganiah6640]

I WAS NEVER A BIG FAN OF BILLY JOEL, BUT I MUST SAY THIS SONG IS GREAT

[thompson7576]

i have been listening for over 2 hours now

[HolyEyEolo]

good song :)