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