The song The Downeaster "Alexa" is performed by Billy Joel in the album named Complete Hits Collection 1973-1997 in the year 1997 .
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
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 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 trawling 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 tell 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
Billy Joel - Complete Hits Collection 1973-1997
- Piano Man
- Captain Jack
- The Entertainer
- Say Goodbye To Hollywood
- New York State Of Mind
- The Stranger
- Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
- Just The Way You Are
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- Only The Good Die Young
- She's Always A Woman
- My Life
- Big Shot
- You May Be Right
- It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
- Don't Ask Me Why
- She's Got A Way
- Pressure
- Allentown
- Goodnight Saigon
- Tell Her About It
- Uptown Girl
- The Longest Time
- You're Only Human (Second Wind)
- The Night Is Still Young
- Keeping The Faith
- An Innocent Man
- A Matter Of Trust
- Baby Grand (duet w/Ray Charles)
- This Is The Time
- Leningrad
- We Didn't Start The Fire
- I Go To Extremes
- And So It Goes
- The Downeaster "Alexa"
- Shameless
- All About Soul (Remix)
- Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
- The River Of Dreams
- To Make You Feel My Love
- Hey Girl
- Light As The Breeze
- Billy Joel Spoken Intro/ Music Concepts
- Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (Live Unreleased Version)
- Beatles Influence
- Hard Days Night (Live Unreleased Version)
- Why Vienna?
- Vienna (Live Unreleased Version)
- History Through Music
- We Didn't Start The Fire (Live unreleased version)
- Music Source
- The River Of Dreams (Unreleased original studio recording)
- Piano Bar
- Piano Man (Live Unreleased Version)