Despite Repeated Warnings

Part I [Verse 1] Despite repeated warnings         Of dangers up ahead The captain won’t be listening To what’s been said [Verse 2] He feels that there’s a good chance         That we have been misled And so the captain’s planning To steam ahead [Bridge 1] What can we do what can we do What can we do to stop this foolish plan going through? What can we do what can we do? (Yeah yeah) This man is bound to lose his ship and his crew Oh oh [Verse 3] Despite repeated warnings            From those who ought to know Well he’s got his own agenda And so he’ll go [Bridge 2] (What can we do?) Those who shout the loudest (What can we do?) May not always be the smartest (What can we do?) But they have their proudest moments Right before they fall (What can we do?) Red sky in the morning (What can we do?) Doesn’t ever seem to faze him (What can we do?) But a sailor’s warning signal Should concern us all oh oh Part II [Chorus] How can we stop him? Grab the keys and lock him up If we can do it We can save the day [Verse 1] The engineer lives with his wife and daughter Janet But he misses them so Although he’s working with the best crew on the planet (Best crew on the planet!) They never want him to go He had a premonition he senses something’s wrong And by his own admission he knew it all along The captain’s crazy but he doesn’t let them know it He’ll take us with him if we don’t do something soon to slow it! [Chorus] How can we stop him? Grab the keys and lock him up If we can do it We can save the day [Bridge] Below decks the engineer cries The captain’s gonna leave us when the temperatures rise The needle’s going up the engine’s gonna blow And we are gonna be left down below Down below Part III / / / / [Chorus] Yes we can do it Yeah we can do it now Yes we can do it / / / / / / [Chorus] Yes we can do it Yeah we can do it now Yes we can do it Yeah we can do it now Yes we can do it Yeah we can do it now Oh yeah [Verse] If life would work out the way you plan it Well that would be so fine for the wife and Janet Sometimes you might have to battle through it And that’s the way you learn how you’ve got to do it [Bridge] Yes we can do it whoa-oh Yes we can do it whoa-oh-whoa Yes we can do it whoa-oh-whoa Yes we can do it whoa-oh-whoa Part I reprise [Verse 1] Despite repeated warnings          Of dangers up ahead Well the captain wasn’t listening To what was said [Outro] So we went to the captain (What can we do? / For those who shout the loudest) And we told him to turn around (What can we do? / May not always be the smartest) But he laughs in our faces (What can we do? / But they have their proudest moments) Says that we are mistaken (Right before they fall) So we gather around him (What can we do? / Red sky in the morning) Now the ropes that have bound him (What can we do? / Doesn’t ever seem to faze him) Prove that he should have listened (What can we do? / But a sailor’s warning signal) (Should concern us all) To the will of the people It’s the will of the people It’s the will of the people