Nick Cave & The Bad Seed - Grief Came Riding

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A grief came riding on the windUp the sun on river ThamesI was sittin' on the bank with my mouth openWhen I felt it entering
I began thinkin' about our wedding dayAnd how love was a vowAnd I was thinkin' about the chamber doorOnly we can enter now
I began thinkin' about our ancient friendsAnd of kissin' them goodbyeAnd then the wind blew under Battersea bridgeAnd a tear broke from my eye
I started thinkin' about LondonAnd nothing good ever came from this townAnd if the Thames weren't so filthyI would jump in the river and drown
Don't be afraidCome on downI'm just sittin' hereAnd thinkin' aloud
A grief came riding on the windUp the river where the bridges crouchBlowin' people back and forthFrom the marital bed to the psychiatric couch
Blowin' people far apartBlowin' others so they collideBlowin' some poor bastard right out of the waterBlowin' another one over the side
Hear the ancient iron bridgeAnd listen to it groanWith the weight of a thousand peopleLeavin' or returnin' home
To their failures, to their boredomsTo their husbands and their wivesWho are carving 'em up for dinnerBefore they even arrive
Don't be afraid, babeCome on downI'm just sittin' hereAnd thinkin' aloud
Now look there just below the waterSee the savior of the human raceWith the fishes and the frogsHas found his final restin' place
Don't be afraidCome on downI'm just sittin' hereThinkin' aloud

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