* Song: * Album: * Interpretation: * Notes: The one Riverside Lucien Kleintjens (present e-mail address unknown) This song was inspired by Shane McGowan, former singer of The Pogues.

The one

People have expectations 
Of a man in your position
They want you to carry some torch 
Into the public view
Voyeurs of this world 
Ignoring your beautiful words
Say they want you to survive 
But they demand this madness of you

Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
Do you really want to be another dead hero?

I love your music and I love your songs 
I love the wild things in your head
I want you here with us 
Helping us to stick to this mad world
But for so many years now this habit's been forming 
And so many others have failed
You made friends with that devil 
Now he feels a little kinder to face

Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
Do you really want to be another dead hero?

I think of the young ones who make their way home 
Through the night after one of your shows
Their lives a little richer 
For having been touched by you
They day dance and they sweat and they call out your name
The exitement just belts out and flows
You've been singing your guts out 
Is that not enough to do?

Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
Do you really want to be another dead hero?

Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
Do you really want to be another dead hero?

Why should you be the one to go out on the edge
Do you really want to be another dead hero?