Josh Ritter - You Won't Dig My Grave
Song of the Day
Minnesota Public Radio
4.5 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Today’s Song of the Day is “You Won't Dig My Grave” from Josh Ritter’s album I Believe in You, My Honeydew, out September 12.
Josh Ritter will be performing at Fitzgerald Theater on Saturday, November 8.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I am no weeping well-o' |
| 0:07.0 | I am no weeping well-lowow I am no fragile flower |
| 0:22.8 | To be taken by the frost or by the lateness of the hour |
| 0:27.3 | I've lived in consternation |
| 0:29.8 | Of the road ahead for me |
| 0:31.9 | Despite that I can't see that far |
| 0:34.8 | There are things that I can see |
| 0:36.7 | You won't dig my grave You won't dig my grave that I can't see that far. There are things that I can see. |
| 0:39.1 | You won't dig my grave. |
| 0:41.2 | You won't dig my grave. |
| 0:43.6 | I've lived among the angels. |
| 0:45.8 | You never were that brave. |
| 0:48.3 | You won't dig my grave. |
| 0:50.6 | You won't dig my grave. |
| 0:52.7 | I've gone on to the mountain. |
| 0:56.9 | There are things that you can't take. From that morning by the river, well, once I touched her helm, by midnight in the garden without a solitary friend. |
| 1:04.9 | Rock of my salvation was the girl who took my hand. You've never been loved the way I have you wouldn't understand |
| 1:13.6 | You won't dig my grave |
| 1:15.6 | You won't dig my grave |
| 1:17.6 | I've lived among the angels |
| 1:20.6 | You never were that brave |
| 1:22.6 | You won't dig my grave |
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