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Grief Came Riding
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Nick Cave
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A grief came riding
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On the wind
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Up the [Solemn] river Thames
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I was sittin' on the bank with my mouth open
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When I felt it entering
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I began thinkin' about our wedding day
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And how love was a vow
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I was thinkin' about the chamber door
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Only we can enter now
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I began thinkin' about our ancient friends
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And of kissin' them goodbye
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And then the wind blew under Battersea bridge
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And a tear broke from my eye
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I started thinkin' about London
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[How] nothing good ever came from this town
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And if the Thames weren't so filthy
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I would jump in the river and drown
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Don't be afraid
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Come on down
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I'm just sittin' here
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Thinking loud
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[A grief came riding on the wind
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Up the river where the bridges crouch
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Blowin' people back and forth
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From the marital bed to the psychiatric couch]
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Blowin' people far apart
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Blowin' others so they collide
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Blowin' some poor bastard right out of the water
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Blowin' another one over the side
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Hear the ancient iron bridge
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And listen to it groan
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With the weight of a thousand people
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Leavin' or returning home
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To their failures
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To their bordoms
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To their husbands
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And their [wives]
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Who are carving them up for dinner
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Before they even arrive
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Don't be afraid
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Come on down
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I'm just sittin' here
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[Thinking loud]
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Now look there just [Below] the water
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See the saviour of the human race,
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[with] the fishes and the frogs,
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Has found his final resting place
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Don't be afraid
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Come on down
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I'm just sittin' here
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[Thinking loud]
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