The Downeaster "Alexa" Lyrics

	Well I'm on the Downeaster 'Alexa'
	And I'm cruising through Rock Island Sound
	I have chartered 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 Gardner'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 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

	Well I' m on the Downeaster ' Alexa'
	And I' m cruising through Rock Island Sound
	I have chartered 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 Gardner' 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 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

	Well I' m on the Downeaster ' Alexa'
	And I' m cruising through Rock Island Sound
	I have chartered 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 Gardner' 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 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

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