The Downeaster ’Alexa’ - Billy Joel

Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa
我在Downeaster Alexa
And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound
我穿过Block Island Sound巡航
I have charted a course to the Vineyard
我绘制了一条通往Vineyard的路线
But tonight I am Nantucket bound
但今晚我在Nantucket遇到了困境
We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
我们昨天穿上迪赛回到Montauk
And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay
今天清晨从Gardiner's Bay离开
Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home
像所有的当地人一样 我不得不卖了我的家
Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone
我太骄傲而不愿离开 我努力地工作
So I could own my Downeaster Alexa
所以我就能够拥有我自己的Downeaster Alexa
And I go where the ocean is deep
我去深海所在的地方
There are giants out there in the canyons
在峡谷里有巨人
And a good captain can't fall asleep
一个好的船长不能入睡
I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes
我有账单要付还有需要衣服的孩子
I know there's fish out there but where God only knows
我知道有鱼但是只有上帝知道在哪里
They say these waters aren't what they used to be
他们说这水不是从前的样子了
But I've got people back on land who count on me
但是陆地上还有很多人要依靠我
So if you see my Downeaster Alexa
所以如果你看到我的Downeaster Alexa
And if you work with the rod and the reel
如果你用杆和轴工作
Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis
告诉我的妻子 我在大声歌唱Atlantis
And I still have my hands on the wheel
我的手仍然放在方向盘上
Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa
现在我开着我的Downeaster Alexa
More and more miles from shore every year
每一年都离海岸更远
Since they tell me I can't sell no stripers
自从他们告诉我 我不能卖掉
And there's no luck in swordfishing here
在这的剑鱼没有运气了
I was a bayman like my father was before
我是一个港湾居民就像我父亲从前一样
Can't make a living as a bayman anymore
无法再作为港湾居民而生活
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea
对于一个在海上工作的男人来说没有太多未来
But there ain't no island left for islanders like me
在那里不是没有岛民喜欢我