Grief Came Riding Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

A grief came riding on the wind 

Up the sun on river Thames 

I was sittin' on the bank with my mouth open 

When I felt it entering 

I began thinkin' about our wedding day 

And how love was a vow 

And I was thinkin' about the chamber door 

Only we can enter now 

I began thinkin' about our ancient friends 

And of kissin' them goodbye 

And then the wind blew under Battersea bridge 

And a tear broke from my eye 

I started thinkin' about London 

And nothing good ever came from this town 

And if the Thames weren't so filthy 

I would jump in the river and drown 

Don't be afraid 

Come on down 

I'm just sittin' here 

And thinkin' aloud 

A grief came riding on the wind 

Up the river where the bridges crouch 

Blowin' people back and forth 

From the marital bed to the psychiatric couch 

Blowin' people far apart 

Blowin' others so they collide 

Blowin' some poor bastard right out of the water 

Blowin' another one over the side 

Hear the ancient iron bridge 

And listen to it groan 

With the weight of a thousand people 

Leavin' or returnin' home 

To their failures, to their boredoms 

To their husbands and their wives 

Who are carving 'em up for dinner 

Before they even arrive 

Don't be afraid, babe 

Come on down 

I'm just sittin' here 

And thinkin' aloud 

Now look there just below the water 

See the savior of the human race 

With the fishes and the frogs 

Has found his final restin' place 

Don't be afraid 

Come on down 

I'm just sittin' here 

Thinkin' aloud