There Will Be No Divorce

There Will Be No Divorce
Album	The Coroner's Gambit
Released	2000
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:51
Previous Track	"Shadow Song"
Next Track	"Insurance Fraud #2"

There Will Be No Divorce is the 13th song on the album The Coroner's Gambit.

Lyrics

The rain fell all night 
And it kept me awake
It was still falling by morning
It was hard to take
And you were sleeping on the floor
Breathing free and even
If I ever want to drive myself insane
All I have to do is watch you breathing
And at 5 AM, I turned the radio on
And an old man's voice sang a short sweet song
And then the static roared again
Hungry for blood
I heard the rain falling from the rain spout
Down, down into the sweet wet mud
And you punched out all the windows
And the wind began to wail
And you gathered your hair behind your head
Like God was gonna catch you by the ponytail
And then the old voice crackled through the static
And I felt young and alive
And the hair stood up on the back of my neck
We were rising from the grave
Yeah yeah

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "This is a love song. I wrote it for my wife." -- 2006-10-23 - The Gargoyle - St. Louis, MO
• "The Coroner's Gambit took me two years to write, and this was one of my favorite songs on it." -- 2014-04-20 - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1997-12-06 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
• 1998-02-06 - Cow Haus - Tallahassee, FL
• 1998-04-04 - Duke Coffeehouse - Durham, NC
• 1998-04-23 - Black Watch Pub - Claremont, CA
• 1999-01-24 - Echo Lounge - Atlanta, GA
• 1999-01-30 - CD Exchange - Bloomington, IN
• 2001-07-19 - Capitol Theater - Olympia, WA
• 2001-12-07 - Good Records - Dallas, TX
• 2002-03-07 - Independent Media Center - Urbana, IL
• 2002-03-08 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
• 2002-03-11 - The Maintenance Shop - Ames, IA
• 2002-04-13 - Sky Church - Experience Music Project - Seattle, WA
• 2002-10-09 - The Cobblestone - Dublin, Ireland
• 2002-10-23 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2002-11-06 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY
• 2002-12-07 - Amstel Festival - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2003-02-06 - Spitz - London, England
• 2003-04-08 - Beta Bar - Tallahassee, FL
• 2003-04-09 - Will's Pub - Orlando, FL
• 2003-08-23 - Breadstretchers - Springfield, IL
• 2004-04-20 - Go! Rehearsal Studios, Room 4 - Carrboro, NC
• 2004-07-17 - Benefit for Piedmont Wildlife Center - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
• 2006-06-13 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2006-09-21 - The Union - Athens, OH
• 2006-09-24 - Pearl Street Clubroom - Northampton, MA
• 2006-09-30 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
• 2006-10-23 - The Gargoyle - St. Louis, MO
• 2007-01-02 - Club Capitol - Perth, Australia
• 2007-04-03 - Garage - Oslo, Norway
• 2008-05-26 - Daytrotter Session - Daytrotter Studio - Rock Island, IL
• 2008-10-17 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
• 2008-12-14 - The Zoo - Brisbane, Australia
• 2009-04-03 - Mission Creek Music Festival - The Mill - Iowa City, IA
• 2009-06-14 - Zoop II - Farm Sanctuary - Watkins Glen, NY
• 2009-12-02 - Bell House - Brooklyn, NY
• 2011-04-08 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
• 2011-04-10 - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
• 2011-05-27 - Manchester Academy 3 - Manchester, England
• 2011-05-29 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut - Glasgow, Scotland
• 2011-05-30 - The Cluny - Newcastle, England
• 2012-10-26 - Blue Moose Tap House - Iowa City, IA
• 2014-04-19 - Laurie's Planet of Sound - Chicago, IL
• 2014-04-20 - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL
• 2014-04-21 - Scope Productions Presents First United Methodist Church - Iowa City, IA
• 2015-04-07 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
• 2015-09-08 - Off Broadway - St. Louis, MO
• 2015-09-09 - Lawrence Arts Center - Lawrence, KS
• 2015-09-10 - Vega - Lincoln, NE
• 2015-09-12 - Maximum Ames Festival - First United Methodist Church - Ames, IA
• 2015-10-05 - 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA
• 2015-10-07 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• 2015-11-05 - Big Arts Schein Performance Hall - Sanibel Island Writer's Conference - Sanibel, FL
• 2015-11-23 - Heliogàbal - Barcelona, Spain
• 2016-04-12 - City Winery - Chicago, IL
• 2016-09-03 - Mr. Small's - Millvale, PA
• 2016-09-26 - The Englert Theatre - Iowa City, IA
• 2016-10-03 - Codfish Hollow Barnstormers - Maquoketa, IA
• 2016-12-03 - The Pinhook - Durham, NC
• 2017-07-06 - Wooly's - Des Moines, IA
• 2017-11-08 - Calvin Theatre - Northampton, MA
• 2019-05-11 - Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN
• 2019-09-07 - McDonald Theatre - Eugene, OR
• 2021-09-25 - Levon Helm Studios - Woodstock, NY
• 2022-05-20 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
• 2022-09-16 - Paramount Theatre - Austin, TX
• 2023-10-27 - Cactus Theater - Lubbock, TX
• 2024-02-29 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA
• 2024-03-01 - Noise Pop 2024 - Grace Cathedral - San Francisco, CA
• 2024-03-02 - The Neptune - Seattle, WA
• 2024-04-16 - Gothic Theatre - Denver, CO

Videos of this Song

• 1999-01-30 - CD Exchange - Bloomington, IN
• 2009-12-02 - Bell House - Brooklyn, NY
• 2011-04-10 - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
• 2011-05-27 - Manchester Academy 3 - Manchester, England
• 2014-04-19 - Laurie's Planet of Sound - Chicago, IL
• 2015-04-07 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC