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 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 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

Someday, I'll have the time and the money to go to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival .

At the link above, you can browse through the myriad of performers and listen to songs from most of them.  I did this last year and found some gems . 

This year is no different.

Carolyn Mark is the artist partially pictured above.  Her song, "Fireworks " is featured on her SXSW page (one of the best artist stories I've read in a while).   Any song that starts off with the lyrics "You're dumb when you're drunk.  Yeah, you heard me right." is bound for my play list.

I also stumbled upon a track entitled "Westboro Baptist Church ".  This song is now going to be my standard response when anyone talks about the Religious Right.  Thank you I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House

I have about 150 more artists to sort through.