Despite repeated warnings
The captain won't be listening
It feels that there's a good chance
And so the captain's planning
What can we do, what can we do
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 are to know
Well, he's got his own agenda
We'll not always be the smartest
But they have their promised moments
Doesn't ever seem to face him
But a sailor's warning signal
Grab the keys and lock him up
If we can do it, we can save the day
The engineer is with his wife and daughter Janet
Although he's working with the best crew on the planet
They'll never want him to go
He said that something's wrong
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 stop him
Grab the keys and lock him up
If we can do it, we can save the day
No brakes, the engineer cries
The cabin's gonna leak, that's when the temperatures rise
The heat is going up, the engine's gonna blow
And we're gonna be left down below, down below
Even life would work out the way you plan it
And 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 got to do it
Despite repeated warnings
While the captain wasn't listening
So we went to the captain
And told him to turn round
But he laughs in our faces
Says that we are mistaken
And everyone stood around him
Oh, but he should have listened
To the will of the people
It's the will of the people
It's the will of the people