Cave Nick Grief Came Riding Lyrics

Grief Came Riding Lyrics

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

 And thinking of love

 

 A grief came riding

 On the wind

 Up the river where the bridges crouch

 Blowin' people back and fall

 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 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