{"id":78275,"date":"2023-03-26T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=78275"},"modified":"2023-03-25T11:09:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:09:53","slug":"billy-joel-the-downeaster-alexa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/03\/26\/billy-joel-the-downeaster-alexa\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joel &#8211; &#8220;The Downeaster <em>Alexa<\/em>&#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LVlDSzbrH5M\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Billy Joel<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 3 Oct 2009<\/p>\n<p>In 1989, Billy Joel released his album <em>Storm Front<\/em>, a successful album that hit #1 on the Billboard 200 charts and went quadruple platinum. Watch the official music video for &#8220;The Downeaster <em>Alexa<\/em>&#8220;, about the hard lives of Long Island fishermen.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Listen to Billy Joel: <a href=\"https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/listenYD\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/listenYD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow Billy Joel:<br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/followII\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/followII<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/followTI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/followTI<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/followWI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/followWI<\/a><br \/>\nSpotify: <a href=\"https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/followSI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/billyjoel.lnk.to\/followSI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics:<br \/>\n<em>Well I&#8217;m on the Downeaster <strong>Alexa<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m cruising through Block Island Sound<br \/>\nI have charted a course to the Vineyard<br \/>\nBut tonight I am Nantucket bound<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday<br \/>\nAnd left this morning from the bell in Gardiner&#8217;s Bay<br \/>\nLike all the locals here I&#8217;ve had to sell my home<br \/>\nToo proud to leave I&#8217;ve worked my fingers to the bone<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So I could own my Downeaster <strong>Alexa<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd I go where the ocean is deep<br \/>\nThere are giants out there in the canyons<br \/>\nAnd a good captain can&#8217;t fall asleep<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ve got bills to pay and children who need clothes<br \/>\nI know there&#8217;s fish out there but where God only knows<br \/>\nThey say these waters aren&#8217;t what they used to be<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;ve got people back on land who count on me<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So if you see my Downeaster <strong>Alexa<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd if you work with the rod and the reel<br \/>\nTell my wife I am trolling Atlantis<br \/>\nAnd I still have my hands on the wheel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now I drive my Downeaster <strong>Alexa<\/strong><br \/>\nMore and more miles from shore every year<br \/>\nSince they tell me I can&#8217;t sell no stripers<br \/>\nAnd there&#8217;s no luck in swordfishing here<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I was a bayman like my father was before<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t make a living as a bayman anymore<br \/>\nThere ain&#8217;t much future for a man who works the sea<br \/>\nBut there ain&#8217;t no island left for islanders like me<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Billy Joel&#8217;s official YouTube channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, <em>Piano Man<\/em>, in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty-three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world&#8217;s best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-26-at-11-06-41-Billy-Joel-\u2013-The-Downeaster-Alexa-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-26-at-11-06-41-Billy-Joel-\u2013-The-Downeaster-Alexa-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-80966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-26-at-11-06-41-Billy-Joel-\u2013-The-Downeaster-Alexa-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-26-at-11-06-41-Billy-Joel-\u2013-The-Downeaster-Alexa-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-26-at-11-06-41-Billy-Joel-\u2013-The-Downeaster-Alexa-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-26-at-11-06-41-Billy-Joel-\u2013-The-Downeaster-Alexa-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Joel Published 3 Oct 2009 In 1989, Billy Joel released his album Storm Front, a successful album that hit #1 on the Billboard 200 charts and went quadruple platinum. 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