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Grief Came Riding
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seed
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A grief came riding on the wind
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Up the sun on 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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And 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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And 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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And thinkin' aloud
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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 returnin' home
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To their failures, to their boredoms
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To their husbands and their wives
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Who are carving 'em up for dinner
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Before they even arrive
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Don't be afraid, babe
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Come on down
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I'm just sittin' here
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And thinkin' aloud
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Now look there just below the water
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See the savior of the human race
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With the fishes and the frogs
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Has found his final restin' 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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Thinkin' aloud
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