Grief Came Riding

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



And 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 thinkin' 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 returnin' home



To their failures, to their boredoms



To their husbands and their wives



Who are carving 'em up for dinner



Before they even arrive



Don't be afraid, babe



Come on down



I'm just sittin' here



And thinkin' aloud



Now look there just below the water



See the savior of the human race



With the fishes and the frogs



Has found his final restin' place



Don't be afraid



Come on down



I'm just sittin' here



Thinkin' aloud