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Despite repeated warnings Our danger's up ahead The captain won't be listening To what's been said It feels that there's a good chance That we have been misled And so the captain's planning To steam ahead 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 This band is 'bout to lose his ship and his crew Despite repeated warnings From those who ought to know Well, he's got his own agenda And so he'll go Those who shout the loudest Will not always be the smartest But they have their proudest moments Right before they fall Red sky in the morning SongtexteDoesn't ever seem to faze him But a sailor's warning signal Should concern us all How can we stop him? Grab the keys and lock him up If we can do it, we can save the day 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 (The best crew!) We'll never want him to go He had a premonition He said that 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 How can we stop him? Grab the keys and lock him up If we can do it, we can save the day No brakes, the engineer cries No one's gonna leave us when the temperatures rise The wheel's going up, the engine's gonna blow And we are gonna be left down below Down below Yes we can do it Yeah, we can do it now Yes we can do it 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 If life would work out the way you plan it It wouldn't be so final for the wife and Janet Sometimes you might have to battle through it And that's the way you learn How you got to do it Yes, we can do Yes, we can do it Yes, we can do it Yes, we can do it Despite repeated warnings Our danger's up ahead While the captain wasn't listening To what was said 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 phase him) Know that he shouldn't listen (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 Aus Songtexte Mania