30 Oct 02 - 03:05 PM (#814653) Subject: Lyr Req: Billy Joel song From: cujimmy I heard a lovely song by Billy Joel about a hard up fisherman I believe - I only heard it once on a friends HI Fi a few months ago while briefly in his home - it goes something like " What kind of fisherman have I become ", Does anyone recognise this song, the words were so powerfull and I'd love to hear it again + find out what album it is on. regards jimmy. |
30 Oct 02 - 03:21 PM (#814669) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Billy Joel song From: Joe Offer Hi, Jimmy - don't know if it's the one you want, but the one Billy Joel fisherman song that I know of is The Downeaster Alexa (click), which I posted in another thread some time ago. I really like the osng. -Joe Offer- |
30 Oct 02 - 04:18 PM (#814692) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Billy Joel song From: cujimmy That is the song Joe, thankyou very much. I wonder what the song is about, what area and what happened there. The people in the area of central Scotland I grew up in suffered greatly during the eighties and nineties following the closure of heavy industries and so I am allways interested in the tales of other people elsewhere in the world who have struggled simularly. |