Despite repeated warnings
Our danger's up ahead
The captain won't be listening
To what's real said
It feels that there's a good chance
That we've 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 are to know
Well, he's got his own agenda
And so we'll go
We shout the loudest
We'll not always be the smartest
But they have their promised moments
Right before they fall
Red sky in the morning
Doesn't ever seem to face him
But a sailor's warning signal
Should concern his soul
How can we stop him?
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
But he misses them so
Although he's working with the best crew on the planet
They'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 stop him
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
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
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
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
Yes we can do it
Yeah, we can do it
Yes we can do it
Yeah, 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
And told him to turn round
But he laughs in our faces
Says that we are mistaken
So we gather around him
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
Our danger's up ahead
The captain won't be listening
To what's real said
It feels that there's a good chance
That we've 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 are to know
Well, he's got his own agenda
And so we'll go
We shout the loudest
We'll not always be the smartest
But they have their promised moments
Right before they fall
Red sky in the morning
Doesn't ever seem to face him
But a sailor's warning signal
Should concern his soul
How can we stop him?
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
But he misses them so
Although he's working with the best crew on the planet
They'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 stop him
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
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
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
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
Yes we can do it
Yeah, we can do it
Yes we can do it
Yeah, 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
And told him to turn round
But he laughs in our faces
Says that we are mistaken
So we gather around him
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
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“Nonostante i ripetuti avvertimenti dei pericoli incombenti il capitano non ascolta quel che gli viene detto” è la dedica amara di McCartney a Donald Trump e in generale ai negazionisti del cambiamento climatico, non ultimo Scott Pruitt, che era stato messo a capo dell’Agenzia per la protezione dell’ambiente pur sostenendo la tesi dell’irrilevanza nei cambiamenti climatici delle emissioni di CO2 nell’atmosfera. Come un moderno Titanic che va dritto contro l'iceberg, una nave guidata da un capitano completamente folle che in confronto Schettino era un professionista!
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