Billy Joel - The Downeaster ‘Alexa’
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Well
I’m
on
the
Down
eas
ter
A
le
xa
109
And
I’m
crui
sin’
through
Block
Is
land
So
~
und
250
I
have
char
ted
a
course
to
the
vine
yard
371
But
to
night
I
am
Nan
tuck
et
bo
~
und
514
We
took
on
die
sel
back
in
Mon
tauk
yes
ter
da
~
ay
678
And
left
this
mor
ning
from
the
bell
in
Gar
diner’s
Bay
~
798
Like
all
the
lo
cals
here
I’ve
had
to
sell
my
ho
~
me
934
Too
proud
to
leave
I
worked
my
fin
gers
to
the
bone
1051
So
I
could
own
my
Down
eas
ter
A
lex
a
1158
And
I
go
where
the
o
cean
is
de
~
ep
1298
There
are
gi
ants
out
there
in
the
can
yons
1430
And
a
good
cap
tain
can’t
fall
a
sleep
1567
I
got
bills
to
pay
and
chil
dren
who
need
clo
~
thes
1728
I
know
there’s
fish
out
there
but
where,
God
on
ly
knows
~
1850
They
say
these
wa
ters
a
ren’t
what
they
used
to
be
~
~
1982
But
I’ve
got
peo
ple
back
on
land
who
count
on
me
2095
So
if
you
see
my
Down
eas
ter
A
lex
a
2202
And
if
you
work
with
the
rod
and
the
re
~
el
2346
Tell
my
wife
I
am
trol
ling
At
lan
tis
2469
And
I
still
have
my
hands
on
the
wheel
2626
Ya
Yo
2746
Ya
Yo
2870
Ya
Yo
3258
Ya
Ya
Yo
3386
Now
I
drive
my
Down
eas
ter
A
lex
a
3514
More
and
more
miles
from
shore
eve
ry
ye
~
ar
3654
Since
they
told
me
I
can’t
sell
no
stri-
pers
3777
And
there’s
no
luck
in
sword
fish
ing
here
3919
I
was
a
Bay
man
like
my
fa
ther
was
be
fo
~
re
4074
Can’t
make
a
li
ving
as
a
Bay
man
a
ny
mo
re
4198
There
ain’t
much
fu
ture
for
a
man
who
works
the
sea
~
~
4338
But
there
ain’t
no
is
land
left
for
Is
lan
ders
like
me
4454
Ya
ya
ya
yo
4562
Ya
ya
ya
yo
4690
Ya
ya
ya
~
yo
4822
Ya
ya
ya
yo