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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