Grief came Riding

Nick Cave and the bad seeds

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
 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
 Thinking loud

Now look there just blow the water
 See the saviour of the human race
 Where the fishes and the frogs
 Has found his final resting place

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 returning home

To their failures
 To their bordoms
 To their husbands
 And their wife's
 who are carving them up for dinner
 before they even arrive

Don't be afraid
 Come on down
 I'm just sittin' here
 And thinkin' of love

And look they just blow the water
 See the saviour of the human race
 Where the fishes and the frogs
 Has found his final resting place

Don't be afraid
 Come on down
 I'm just sittin' here
 Thinkin' of love