Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Grief Came Riding

[Verse 1] A grief came riding On the wind Up the sullen 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 [Chorus] Don't be afraid Come on down I'm just sittin' here Thinking aloud [Verse 2] A grief came riding on the wind Up the river where the bridges crouch Blowing 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 returning home To their failures To their boredoms To their husbands And their wives Who are carving them up for dinner Before they even arrive [Chorus] Don't be afraid Come on down I'm just sittin' here And thinkin' aloud And look there just below the water See the saviour of the human race With the fishes and the frogs Has found his final resting place Don't be afraid Come on down I'm just sittin' here Thinkin' aloud