
Iron & Wine: “All in Good Time”
Clip: 2/6/2025 | 4m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Singer-songwriter Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam) performs his Grammy-nominated song “All in Good Time.”
NC-based singer-songwriter Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam) performs his Grammy-nominated song “All in Good Time” with a full band and the shadow puppeteer collective Manual Cinema. Together they bring this beautifully crafted and introspective song to life on PBS North Carolina’s “Shaped by Sound” stage.
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Music Office within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Iron & Wine: “All in Good Time”
Clip: 2/6/2025 | 4m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
NC-based singer-songwriter Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam) performs his Grammy-nominated song “All in Good Time” with a full band and the shadow puppeteer collective Manual Cinema. Together they bring this beautifully crafted and introspective song to life on PBS North Carolina’s “Shaped by Sound” stage.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ All in good time, I gave it my best ♪ ♪ I was alone 'til I found myself ♪ ♪ Grew up to be a man more or less ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ ♪ All in good time, I drifted away ♪ ♪ I ran my mouth 'til I'd nothin' to say ♪ ♪ You broke my heart, then I was okay ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ [gentle music] ♪ All in good time, I trusted my eyes ♪ ♪ I treated my losses like clouds in the sky ♪ ♪ Finally picked on someone my size ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ ♪ All in good time, I followed my nose ♪ ♪ I learned where to bleed when a night comes to blows ♪ ♪ Tried on your love, then I folded those clothes ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ ♪ Throw your bread to falling birds ♪ ♪ Buried friends and wasted words ♪ ♪ Somethin' wants to eat us all alive ♪ ♪ All in good time, my angel came back ♪ ♪ Made us some money, but that didn't last ♪ ♪ We wouldn't cry, but we couldn't laugh ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ ♪ All in good time, we fell like a star ♪ ♪ We closed our eyes, and we opened our arms ♪ ♪ Ran off the road in our own stolen car ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ [gentle music] ♪ All in good time, and that's what it was ♪ ♪ We mistook that cash in the mattress for love ♪ ♪ Dropped all our weapons and we shrank from the blood ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ ♪ All in good time, we'd nothing to prove ♪ ♪ We took the bait 'til we'd lost a tooth ♪ ♪ No one believed it, but we told the truth ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ [gentle music] ♪ All in good time, our plan went to shoot ♪ ♪ Can't say that on TV ♪ ♪ I told my future by reading your lips ♪ ♪ You wore my ring until it didn't fit ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ ♪ All in good time, we suffered enough ♪ ♪ We met our muscle when push came to shove ♪ ♪ Swept all that broken glass under the rug ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ ♪ Dancin' 'til we both collapse ♪ ♪ Wishin' we could hide our tracks ♪ ♪ Somethin' wants to eat us all alive ♪ ♪ All in good time, we'll remember when ♪ ♪ Say our goodbyes and our hellos again ♪ ♪ Huff, and we'll puff until they let us in ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ ♪ All in good time, we'll land on our feet ♪ ♪ Your mother will sigh, and my soldier will sleep ♪ ♪ We'll swim the ocean, fishes set free ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ ♪ We'll swim the ocean ♪ ♪ All in good time ♪ [gentle music] ♪
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Clip: 2/6/2025 | 4m 8s | Iron & Wine performs the song “Anyone’s Game,” a playful homage to Serbian poet Vasko Popa. (4m 8s)
Iron & Wine: "Call It Dreaming"
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Clip: 2/6/2025 | 3m 50s | Iron & Wine plays “Call It Dreaming” with a band and the shadow puppet collective Manuel Cinema. (3m 50s)
Iron & Wine: “Flightless Bird, American Mouth”
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Clip: 2/6/2025 | 3m 25s | Iron & Wine performs “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” with a band and the Manual Cinema collective. (3m 25s)
Iron & Wine: “Singers and the Endless Song”
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Clip: 2/6/2025 | 5m 13s | Iron & Wine plays “Singers and the Endless Song,” which the artist rarely performs live. (5m 13s)
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Preview: 2/6/2025 | 30s | Iron & Wine performs with a full band and shadow puppeteers from the collective Manual Cinema. (30s)
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Music Office within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.