- Hidden deep beneath the Cumberland Mountains in Grundy County, Tennessee, lies one of the world's most magical musical adventures.

"The Caverns Sessions", 3 million years in the making.

Pure acoustics offer music from the heart of the American experience, center stage and deep inside the mountain.

This time welcoming Iron and Wine.

♪ When they called me the captain ♪ - It's deep-down musical diversity at "The Caverns Sessions".

Coming up next.

(applause and cheering) - Hey, how's everybody doing?

Thank you so much.

All right.

You guys ready?

- [Audience] Yeah!

- What are you waiting for?

What are you waiting for?

(gentle guitar music) ♪ Say its here where our pieces fall in place ♪ ♪ Any rain softly kisses us on the face ♪ ♪ Any wind means we're running ♪ ♪ We can sleep and see them coming ♪ ♪ Where we drift and call it dreaming ♪ ♪ We can weep and call it singing ♪ ♪ Where we break 'cause our hearts are strong enough ♪ ♪ We can bow because our music's warmer than blood ♪ ♪ Where we see enough to follow ♪ ♪ We can hear when we are hollow ♪ ♪ Where we keep the light we're given ♪ ♪ We can lose and call it living ♪ ♪ 'Cause the sun isn't only sinking fast ♪ ♪ Every night knows how long its supposed to last... ♪ ♪ Where the time of our lives is all we have ♪ ♪ And we get a chance to say before we ease away ♪ ♪ For all the love you've left behind ♪ ♪ You can have mine ♪ It's true.

That's right.

(gentle guitar music) ♪ Say its here where our pieces fall in place ♪ ♪ We can fear because a feeling's fine to betray ♪ ♪ Where our water isn't hidden ♪ ♪ We can burn and be forgiven ♪ ♪ Where our hands hurt from healing ♪ ♪ We can laugh without a reason ♪ ♪ Because the sun isn't only sinking fast ♪ ♪ Every moon and our bodies make shining glass... ♪ ♪ 'Cause the time of our lives is all we have ♪ ♪ And we get a chance to say ♪ ♪ Before we ease away ♪ ♪ For all the love you've left behind ♪ ♪ You can have mine ♪ ♪ You can have mine ♪ ♪ You can have it ♪ ♪ You can have mine ♪ ♪ You can have mine ♪ ♪ You can have it ♪ ♪ You can have mine ♪ ♪ Mine, mine, mine... ♪ (applause and cheering) Thank you.

(applause and cheering) - (laughs) Thanks a lot everybody.

(applause and cheering) - You're very kind.

Thanks so much.

Wow.

What's wrong with the happy song?

What's wrong with having a happy song?

What a fun place to play music.

Holy-moly, you guys come here very often?

(audience laughs) - Just hanging out in caves, rocking out.

It seemed like a great idea to bring these gut string guitars into a hole in the ground.

(audience laughs) Wouldn't be a folk show without a lot of tuning, right?

(guitar tuning) How many of you guys ever been to Galveston, Texas?

(crowd cheers) - Yeah?

Couple people.

Really?

All right.

I'll take your word for it.

(gentle guitar music) ♪ Leave the waves of Galveston, but only if you can ♪ ♪ 'Cause you've been hid behind the seawall ♪ ♪ Gently folded in the sand ♪ ♪ Papa left you for heaven after your mama lost her song ♪ ♪ And though your baby left you for Houston ♪ ♪ No one stays there very long ♪ (gentle guitar music) It's kinda true.

(audience laughs) (gentle guitar music) ♪ There's a graveyard by the pizza parlor ♪ ♪ A gate that only closes ♪ ♪ Snowbirds fly away like secrets ♪ ♪ No one really wants to know ♪ ♪ The climbing moons always shining ♪ ♪ On the kind of shells you keep ♪ ♪ The broken horse tied to the water tower's ♪ ♪ Running in his sleep ♪ ♪ It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ It's too bad Texas leans to the least of us all... ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ And it says if you can make the music ♪ ♪ You can have the dance ♪ ♪ If you can shoot the pistol, you can wear the pants... ♪ (gentle guitar music) (gentle guitar music) ♪ Whoo ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ So leave the waves of Galveston, but only if you can ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's the only place the lone star ♪ ♪ Kind of offers you a hand ♪ ♪ Your baby left you nothing but a dog she left for dead ♪ ♪ You never knew you were a burden ♪ ♪ 'Til it hit you on the head ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ It's too bad Texas leans to the least in us all... ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ And it says if you can make the music ♪ ♪ Then you can have the dance ♪ ♪ If you can shoot the pistol, then you can wear the pants... ♪ (gentle guitar music) (applause and cheering) - Thank you.

(applause and cheering) - Thanks a lot.

Thank you.

That's a pretty one.

You guys are so well behaved.

What the hell?

(audience laughing) - We are all sitting in a cave I suppose.

Anybody see a bat yet?

You saw one.

You've seen one before or you saw one today.

Yeah.

Outside or in here?

- (audience member) Another part of the cave.

- Okay.

(audience laughs) - We found a dead bat in our house one time in one of my daughter's room.

Dude, have you seen the needles you get for like rabies?

Like to make sure you don't get rabies?

They're like this long.

If you find a bat in your house, don't tell anybody.

(audience laughing) - The thing hurts.

(audience laughing) (upbeat guitar music) ♪ The last I saw mother, she rose from her chair ♪ ♪ When they caught me, I'd just finished combing my hair ♪ ♪ A rabbit will run ♪ ♪ And the colt hasn't long with the mare ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ We've all learned the earth while we carried the throne ♪ ♪ We dove under the rivers and under our clothes ♪ ♪ I still have a prayer, as sure as my settling bones ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ Ooh hoo hoo... uh uh ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ The last I saw mother, she covered my ears ♪ ♪ When they caught me, I offered the captain a beer ♪ ♪ A rabbit will run, and the lion has nothing to fear ♪ ♪ Rahrrr... ♪ ♪ We've bricked up the garden and we know what it means ♪ ♪ We've all kissed the virgin as if she were clean ♪ ♪ I still have a prayer despite all the colors I've seen ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ Judgment is just like a cup that we share ♪ ♪ I'll jump over the wall and I'll wait for you there ♪ ♪ Well past the weeds in our vision of things to come... ♪ ♪ We've all heard the rooster and all been denied ♪ ♪ Seen through the haze and the spit in our eyes ♪ ♪ I still have a prayer, ♪ ♪ that well-weathered word to the wise ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ uh, uh, uh uh... Na na na na... ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ The last I saw mother, she smelled like a rose ♪ ♪ When they caught me, the captain, he opened my nose, ow ♪ ♪ A rabbit will run and the wind takes a bird where it blows ♪ ♪ We've all traded lovers and woke up alone ♪ ♪ We've clapped for the king though our fingers were cold ♪ ♪ I still have a prayer because I love what I cannot control.

♪ ♪ (screams) Yeah (vocalizing) ♪ ♪ (screams) Yeah (vocalizing) ♪ ♪ The last I saw mother, she acted surprised ♪ ♪ When they caught me, the captain, he cried like a child ♪ ♪ A rabbit will run and good dogs together go wild ♪ ♪ ruff, ruff, ruff... ♪ ♪ We've all envied grace at the end of the day ♪ ♪ We've armed all the children we thought we betrayed ♪ ♪ I still have a prayer, but too few occasions to pray ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ Judgment is just that old cup that we share ♪ ♪ I'll jump over the wall and I'll wait for you there ♪ ♪ Well past the weeds in our vision of things to come... ♪ ♪ We've all found a reason for hiding the gun ♪ ♪ We've helped out a few if we've hurt anyone ♪ ♪ I still have a prayer and so be it ♪ ♪ I've done what I've done ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ The last I saw mother, she blew me a kiss ♪ ♪ When they caught me, the cuffs ♪ ♪ They cut the blood from my wrists ♪ ♪ A rabbit will run and a pig has to lay in its pit ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ We've all given half to the hand in our face ♪ ♪ We've all taken a stone from the holiest place ♪ ♪ I still have a prayer ♪ ♪ And I've furthered the world in my way ♪ (applause and cheering) - Thank you.

(applause and cheering) - Thanks a lot.

It's a weird one.

Everybody's like, what's happening up there?

(audience laughs) (gentle guitar music)) (audience member shouts indistinctly) - That's right, I don't know what you said, but that's cool.

(audience laughs) (upbeat acoustic music) ♪ We were banged up hands ♪ ♪ Stealing first base ♪ ♪ Underneath the tables so we never say grace ♪ ♪ Falling out of bed for the workday week ♪ ♪ Kissin' in the cracks of the flash flood street ♪ ♪ Buddin' blossoms, blarin' Johnny Rotten ♪ ♪ Chewed up and swallowed ♪ ♪ By the prophet we were tryin' to follow ♪ ♪ Picked too green ♪ ♪ We paid no tax on our quick romantic cul-de-sacs ♪ (applause) - You know what I'm talking about.

(chuckles) ♪ But it all came down to you and I ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ All came down to you and I... ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ We were crashed out cars in our bark-old clothes ♪ ♪ Rubbin' on each other, rubbin' ghost on ghost ♪ ♪ Junked-up punks and we were Jesus freaks ♪ ♪ Weavin' in and out of trouble ♪ ♪ Wrappin' 'round and 'round a leash ♪ ♪ Sleepless dreamers, doomsday preachers ♪ ♪ The message and the messenger ♪ ♪ The gun beneath the register ♪ ♪ The sweet gum tree by the tough drunk tank ♪ ♪ We could never give enough to the bad blood bank ♪ ♪ 'Cause we were hopeless sinners ♪ ♪ We were sweepstakes winners ♪ ♪ Woo hoo ♪ ♪ We danced with the farmer's daughter ♪ ♪ We capered with the corporate lawyers ♪ ♪ All came down to you and I ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ All came down to you and I... ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ We were laughing in the light, sugar in the shade ♪ ♪ Backstab handshakes made on faith ♪ ♪ We were never out of time and we never entertained ♪ ♪ Anybody say the habit of the wind was going to change ♪ ♪ 'Cause we were misled misfits, teethin' biscuits ♪ ♪ We were volumes full of penny wishes ♪ ♪ Parties full of pretty dishes ♪ ♪ Side by side with the birds and bees ♪ ♪ And we never sang grace and we never ever took a knee ♪ ♪ With the saints and ramblers, and movie star handlers ♪ ♪ High above the aviary, underneath the cemetery ♪ ♪ And we never wondered why... ♪ ♪ 'Cause the sun was in our eyes ♪ ♪ You know what I'm talking about ♪ ♪ We were seeds for the field ♪ ♪ Grease for the wheel ♪ ♪ We were drinkin' with the luminaries ♪ ♪ We were eatin' with the missionaries ♪ ♪ Uh oh ♪ ♪ All came down to you and I... ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ All came down to you and I... ♪ ♪ You and I ♪ ♪ You and I ♪ ♪ We're going steady and I don't know ♪ ♪ We're gonna end pretty soon ♪ ♪ You and I ♪ (cheering and applause) - Oh, too many words.

(cheering and applause) - So many words.

Thank you very much.

(applause) - You guys catch all that?

(audience cheering) - Yeah man yeah!

Let's hear it for words.

(audience cheering) More and more.

(audience cheering) - All right, I think I got time to do one more for you before I send you off into your Tennessee night.

(audience cheers) - Watch out for the bats.

Be careful going home.

You guys are awesome.

Thank you so much for coming this evening.

Thank you again to "The Caverns Sessions".

(audience cheering) - Thank you very much.

(audience cheering) (gentle guitar music) (gentle guitar music) - All right.

♪ We found your name across the chapel door ♪ ♪ Carved in cursive with a table fork ♪ ♪ Muddy hymnals and some boot marks where you'd been ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ The shaking preacher told the captain's man ♪ ♪ The righteous suffer in a fallen land ♪ ♪ Then pulled the shade to keep the crowd from peeking in ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ We found your children by the tavern door ♪ ♪ With wooden buttons and an apple core ♪ ♪ Playing house and telling everyone you'd drowned ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ The begging choir told the captain's man ♪ ♪ We all assume the worst the best we can ♪ ♪ And for a round or two they gladly drag you down... ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ Drag you down ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ Woo hoo wooo ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ We found you sleeping by your lover's stone ♪ ♪ A ream of paper and a telephone ♪ ♪ A broken bow across a long lost violin ♪ (gentle guitar music) ♪ Your lover's angel told the captain's man ♪ ♪ It never ends the way we had it planned ♪ ♪ And kissed her palm and placed it on your dreaming head... ♪ (gentle guitar music) (cheering and applause) - Thanks so much.

You guys are wonderful.

Thank you very much.

(cheering and applause) - Thank you.

(cheering and applause) - Thanks so much.

You guys are great.

Thank you very much.

(cheering and applause) (cheering and applause) ♪ ♪