Can I? is the fifth song on Yes' album The Ladder and it consists almost entirely of scatting. The only lines in the song that are sung in English are “We Have Heaven” two times. This is a callback to the song “We Have Heaven”, which Yes released in 1971 on their album Fragile.
[Intro]
Be-eh Be-eh Be-eh Be-eh Ba-yoh (Hep Do-eh, Hep Do-ah)
[Refrain]
Dabadabado Do-da Mde-de (Hep Do-eh)
Kapatapada Do-vah Do Deh (Hep Do-ah)
Pakatebedoh Umm-be Peh Be-eh Be-eh Be-eh (Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh)
We have heaven (Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh, Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh)
[Verse 1]
Gi-wibi Gi-bidi Beh-deb Omawaht (Hep Do-ah)
Deh-gebbe Deh-gil Parr-eh Para-tuutah (Hep Do-eh)
Deh-ri-veh Feh Gi-ri Deh Dib Oulomah De-eh De-eh Pe-eh (Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh)
Deh-gibbi Deh-vi-reh Deh Dib Omowaht (Hep Do-ah)
Peh-ribete Kibete Pitidi-pih (Hep Do-eh)
Pih-ribete Tibeke Rih Bo-bo-bah Ba-yoh Ba-yoh Ba-yoh Ba-yoh (Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh, Hep Do-ah)
[Bridge]
Bidi-pidi-pidi-pidi-pidi-pidi-pidi-pih (Hep Do-eh, Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh)
Bidi-pidi-pidi-pidi-pidi-pih Bidipi Bidipi (Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh, Hep Do-ah)
(Hep Do-eh, Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh, Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh)
[Chorus]
Dabadabado Do-da Mde-de (Hep Do-ah)
Kapatapada Do-vah Do Deh (Hep Do-eh)
Pakatebedoh Umm-be Peh Be-eh Be-eh Be-eh (Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh)
[Chorus]
Dabadabado Do-da Mde-de (Hep Do-ah)
Kapatapada Do-vah Do Deh (Hep Do-eh)
Pakatebedoh Umm-be Peh Be-eh Be-eh Be-eh (Hep Do-ah, Hep Do-eh)
(We Have Heaven)
[Verse 2]
Be-eh Be-yoh Totagama Dah (Hep Do-ah)
Be-eh De-eh Tatamana (Hep Do-eh)
De-eh De-eh Tanamada (Hep Do-ah)
[Outro]
Heh, Heh (Hep Do-eh)
Heh, Heh (Hep Do-eh)
Heh, Heh (Hep Do-ah)
Can I? was written by Igor Khoroshev & Chris Squire & Jon Anderson & Steve Howe & Billy Sherwood & Alan White.
Can I? was produced by Bruce Fairbairn.