《The Downeaster ’Alexa’》歌词

歌曲： The Downeaster ’Alexa’

所属专辑：The Essential Billy Joel 3.0

歌手： Billy Joel

时长： 03:44

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Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa[00:00:10]

我在Downeaster Alexa[00:00:16]

And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound[00:00:16]

我穿过Block Island Sound巡航[00:00:21]

I have charted a course to the Vineyard[00:00:21]

我绘制了一条通往Vineyard的路线[00:00:27]

But tonight I am Nantucket bound[00:00:27]

但今晚我在Nantucket遇到了困境[00:00:33]

We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday[00:00:33]

我们昨天穿上迪赛回到Montauk[00:00:39]

And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay[00:00:39]

今天清晨从Gardiner's Bay离开[00:00:44]

Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home[00:00:44]

像所有的当地人一样 我不得不卖了我的家[00:00:49]

Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone[00:00:49]

我太骄傲而不愿离开 我努力地工作[00:00:53]

So I could own my Downeaster Alexa[00:00:53]

所以我就能够拥有我自己的Downeaster Alexa[00:00:59]

And I go where the ocean is deep[00:00:59]

我去深海所在的地方[00:01:04]

There are giants out there in the canyons[00:01:04]

在峡谷里有巨人[00:01:10]

And a good captain can't fall asleep[00:01:10]

一个好的船长不能入睡[00:01:16]

I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes[00:01:16]

我有账单要付还有需要衣服的孩子[00:01:21]

I know there's fish out there but where God only knows[00:01:21]

我知道有鱼但是只有上帝知道在哪里[00:01:26]

They say these waters aren't what they used to be[00:01:26]

他们说这水不是从前的样子了[00:01:32]

But I've got people back on land who count on me[00:01:32]

但是陆地上还有很多人要依靠我[00:01:35]

So if you see my Downeaster Alexa[00:01:35]

所以如果你看到我的Downeaster Alexa[00:01:41]

And if you work with the rod and the reel[00:01:41]

如果你用杆和轴工作[00:01:47]

Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis[00:01:47]

告诉我的妻子 我在大声歌唱Atlantis[00:01:52]

And I still have my hands on the wheel[00:01:52]

我的手仍然放在方向盘上[00:02:29]

Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa[00:02:29]

现在我开着我的Downeaster Alexa[00:02:35]

More and more miles from shore every year[00:02:35]

每一年都离海岸更远[00:02:40]

Since they tell me I can't sell no stripers[00:02:40]

自从他们告诉我 我不能卖掉[00:02:45]

And there's no luck in swordfishing here[00:02:45]

在这的剑鱼没有运气了[00:02:51]

I was a bayman like my father was before[00:02:51]

我是一个港湾居民就像我父亲从前一样[00:02:57]

Can't make a living as a bayman anymore[00:02:57]

无法再作为港湾居民而生活[00:03:02]

There ain't much future for a man who works the sea[00:03:02]

对于一个在海上工作的男人来说没有太多未来[00:03:07]

But there ain't no island left for islanders like me[00:03:07]

在那里不是没有岛民喜欢我[00:03:12]