Despite Repeated Warnings - Paul McCartney

Despite repeated warnings

Of dangers up ahead

The captain won’t be listening

To what’s been said

He 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 man is bound 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

(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 phase him

(What can we do)

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 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 him

How can we stop him

Grab the keys and lock him up

If we can do it

We can save the day

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

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

That’d be so fine for the wife and Janet

Sometimes you might have to battle through it

But that’s the way you learn how you’ve got to do it

Yes we can do it whoa, whoa

Yes we can do it whoa, whoa

Yes we can do it whoa, whoa

Yes we can do it whoa, whoa

Despite repeated warnings

Of dangers up ahead

Well the captain wasn’t listening

To what was said

(What can we do)

(Those who shout the loudest)

So we went to the captain

(What can we do)

(May not always be the smartest)

And we told him to turn around

(What can we do)

(But they have their proudest moments)

But he laughs in our faces

(Right before they fall)

Says that we are mistaken

(What can we do)

(Red sky in the morning)

So we gather around him

(What can we do)

(Doesn't ever seem to phase him)

Now the ropes that have bound him

(What can we do)

(But a sailor’s warning signal)

Prove that he should have listened

(Should concern us all)

To the will of the people

It’s the will of the people

It’s the will of the people