Grief Came Riding Lyrics
| Song | Grief Came Riding |
| Artist | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds |
| Album | B-Sides & Rarities |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| 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 [avowed] | |
| 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 [HOW] 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 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 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 | |
| Don't be afraid | |
| Come on down | |
| I'm just sittin' here [Thinking aloud] | |
| NOW 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 [Thinking loud] |
| 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 avowed | |
| 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 HOW 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 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 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 | |
| Don' t be afraid | |
| Come on down | |
| I' m just sittin' here Thinking aloud | |
| NOW 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 Thinking loud |
| 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 avowed | |
| 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 HOW 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 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 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 | |
| Don' t be afraid | |
| Come on down | |
| I' m just sittin' here Thinking aloud | |
| NOW 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 Thinking loud |
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