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need suggestion...song to play

jenny2penny Posted:

need suggestion...song to play

my FH is in the coast guard and at our e-party I am presenting him with a cake (from Sugar Sugar) of a coast guard cutter ship. He loves this song, do you think it's ok to play in the background, when I make a tiny speach???

The Downeaster 'Alexa' , Billy Joel
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 fromhe bell in Gardner'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 told 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

Donna Posted:

Re: need suggestion...song to play

If he loves the song, then you should play it.

CherylBooch Posted:

Re: need suggestion...song to play

If you want something a little peppier, maybe Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin. It's an oldie, and it's got a swing tune to it. I have the MP3 of it, so if you want to hear it, FM me!
CherylBooch Posted:

Re: need suggestion...song to play

Hope you like it!
Check your email!
jenny2penny Posted:

Re: need suggestion...song to play

I love the song. I think it'll be perfect!!!!

Thank you!!!

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