Billy Joel The Downeaster Alexa |
Song Information | |
Song Artist(s): | Billy Joel |
Song Title: | The Downeaster Alexa |
Year: | 1989 |
Album Information | |
Album: | Greatest Hits Volume III |
Track: | 10 |
Track Classification | |
Genre: | Rock 1990s |
MusicBrainz Genre: | Rock/Pop |
Audio |
20 sec. sample |
Lyrics | |
Original Source: | LyricWiki |
Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa And I'm cruisin' through Block Island Sound I have charted a course to the vineyards But tonight I am Nantucket bound. We took on diesel back in Mantauk 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'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 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 Ya-ya-ya-oh Ya-ya-ya-oh Ya-ya-ya-oh Ya-ya-ya-oh |
Track Information | |
Published Time: | 3:44 |
Measured Time: | 3:43 |
Traktor Peak dB: | -0.188 |
Traktor Perceived dB: | -1.001 |
Mix Information | |
Mixmeister BPM: | 90.9 |
Traktor BPM: | 181.3 (100.0%) |
Mixmeister Key: | G m |
External Cross-Referencing | |
MusicBrainz PUID: | 16cf0677-fe4e-a45a-9cbe-e4a832b488d9 |
MusicBrainz MusicDNS | |
Song Artist: | Billy Joel |
Song Title: | The Downeaster "Alexa" |
First Release Year: | 1989 |
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