The Downeaster "Alexa" by Billy Joel
The Downeaster "Alexa" by Billy Joel

The Downeaster “Alexa”

Billy Joel * Track #3 On Storm Front

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The Downeaster "Alexa" by Billy Joel

Release Date
Tue Oct 17 1989
Performed by
Billy Joel
Produced by
Mick Jones (Foreigner) & Billy Joel
Writed by
Billy Joel
About

The Downeaster “Alexa” was the 4th single off of Billy Joel’s #1 1989 album Storm Front, released in 1990. The song reached the 57 spot on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Billy puts himself in the shoes of a nameless fisherman from Long Island, New York, telling of the struggles of making a living in har...

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The Downeaster “Alexa” Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 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

[Verse 2]
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 got people back on land who count on me

[Verse 3]
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

[Bridge]
Yay-o
Yay-o
Yay-o
Yay-yay-o

[Verse 4]
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

[Outro]
Yay-yay-yay-o
Yay-yay-yay-o
Yay-yay-yay-o
Yay-yay-yay-o

The Downeaster “Alexa” Q&A

Who wrote The Downeaster “Alexa”'s ?

The Downeaster “Alexa” was written by Billy Joel.

Who produced The Downeaster “Alexa”'s ?

The Downeaster “Alexa” was produced by Mick Jones (Foreigner) & Billy Joel.

When did Billy Joel release The Downeaster “Alexa”?

Billy Joel released The Downeaster “Alexa” on Tue Oct 17 1989.

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