Gosdin, Vern - Chiseled In Stone Lyrics






You ran cryin' to the bedroom
I ran off to the bar
Another piece of heaven gone to hell
The words we spoke in anger
Just tore my world apart
And I sat there feeling sorry for myself

Then that old man sat down beside me
And looked me in the eye
And said "Son, I know what you're going through
You ought to get down on your knees
And thank your lucky stars that you got someone to go home to"

You don't know about lonely
Or how long nights can be
Till you lived through the story
That's still livin' in me
And you don't know about sadness
Till you faced life alone
You don't know about lonely
Till it's chiseled in stone

So I brought these pretty flowers
Hoping you would understand
Sometimes a man is such a fool
Those golden words of wisdom
From the heart of that old man
Showed me I ain't nothing without you

You don't know about lonely
Or how long nights can be
Till you lived through the story
That old man just told me
And you don't know about sadness
Till you faced life alone
You don't know about lonely
Till it's chiseled in stone
You don't know about lonely
Till it's chiseled in stone





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  1. C.... J....

    For my Brother, who passed away from Cancer. Sam, this song is so true. I love a d miss you so much, It sometimes hard to bare. See you again, someday.

  2. G.... F....

    Another Classic from THE VOICE !!!

  3. p.... m....

    What a great singer

  4. B.... W....

    One of the saddest song i ever heard - hard to endure

  5. j.... b....

    " You don't know about lonely, or how cold a night can be",,,, Girl I ain't nothing without you,,,

  6. P.... G....

    fk Bloomberg

  7. T.... W....

    Beautiful song, though overproduced; Max D. Barnes is a gifted songwriter.

  8. F.... O....

    this is that shit

  9. I.... ....

    ..sometimes a man can be such a fool... (never a truer word spoken..)

  10. C.... P....

    beautiful song

  11. O.... O....

    Dang I love this song makes me tear up.

  12. S.... J....

    Until you've buried your significant other you don't know what lonely is. There may be others but it's not the same

  13. j.... L....

    omg why is their conspiracy theory ads all over youtube

  14. T.... ....

    Only idiots would give a thumbs down to this song, which was Song of the Year and is listed in the top 50 country songs. If you don't like Vern's music , stay of his sites.

  15. T.... M....

    I was in county with a guy once who I swear sang this song better with his beautiful blue grass voice. Anywho he's the reason I know about this song and he was going for life, so I wish John Well and I am starting to understand his view. Thank you, because everything happens for a reason good or bad.

  16. j.... b....

    Love this classic hit album. Back in early 1980s. Glad got see him in concert. One in life time. My favorite song is Is raining at your house.

  17. G.... S....

    People trying to hurt me and everyone I love

  18. j.... z....

    OVERLOOKED TALENT! HE HAD A GREAT VOICE!

  19. A.... P....

    I fell in love with Vern in the summer of ‘09, only to discover he had just passed away that spring.
    His voice melts my heart.

  20. W.... D....

    Great music, Thanks very much.

  21. D.... T....

    Happy Happy Joy Joy

  22. W.... M....

    You would think. Love is easy. Boy was i wrong. I often think about how my dad was to my mom. I'm sure they had there ups and downs. But, they had a love like no other. When love goes away. Or when there is hard times. Do you really lose that. Or is it just anger. I am going through some issues now. I wish i could help it. But i started down the wrong path when i lost my mother. I picked up a habit that is poisonous. Opioid addiction. Now i am bad in. And it is ruining us. I know what i have to do. But the pain is there.. And this song is very true. However we are still together. But i still feel lonely.

  23. W.... W....

    Well here goes other bottle of whiskey, does the heartache ever stop, until it's cheisled in stone.

  24. R.... E....

    2020 and still going real country music will still go on thumbs up to all the fans who love real country music

  25. L.... H....

    One of the saddest song's in the history of country music period...But I love it..When I heard this as a little girl,I couldn't figure out what he was talking about, but man do I know now... January 2020 and this song has stood the test of time...

  26. f.... B....

    I love you Brittany Paige pennington more than anything in the world. From freddie Otis westfelt 2020

  27. J.... J....

    Keith and Vern are most definitely singing in perfect harmony up above.miss you both

  28. D.... C....

    People call it country some might call it bullshit others call it music I call it the truth

  29. 1.... ....

    Listening to this for my older sister Rita who I lost 2 morning's ago. You loved this song sister and you tore my heart when I found you, I was short at times with you but I'd give all I have if you could come back I loved you so much and I am so sorry for anything I said or done that hurt you and I pray God is holding you this morning my precious sister.

  30. A.... L....

    My daddy, who passed away Jan. 1st, 2019, used to sing this song and sounded just like him! Such a heart breaking song! 😢😢

    A.... L....

    I lost my Mom on 28 December 2018, just three days before you lost your Daddy. I'm sorry for your loss - this song makes me think of my Mama, too. <3

    A.... L....

    JUST GOOD THINGS

  31. T.... A....

    2020. Still listening..One True song Ole Dad sung after losing My Mom in 2011. On same road they met on A Date. My Dad Drove her to the Hospt. She was already gone... True Love never dies or you don't get over it! My Dad use to sing and Tare this song up..
    Oh you never forget..I'm the Baby daughter
    😢👆🌠🌌💘

  32. s.... ....

    I'm divorced and alone and I'm crying right now.

    s.... ....

    Don't feel bad I am to there's not a day that goes by I dont think about it

    s.... ....

    Yeah me too

    s.... ....

    Hang in there brother

  33. R.... S....

    I'd heard this song a hundred times but never understood the meaning until I was having a headstone made for my wife who had just passed after battling cancer for 7 years. They don't chisel them by hand anymore but as I watched the CNC cut her birth and death on that piece of marble it all made since...I still love you Linda after 28 years.

  34. E.... H....

    I cry every time I hear this song. Brings back so many memories...

  35. p.... g....

    missing my hubby every day is just another day

  36. d.... s....

    Great song great music.

  37. J.... C....

    The Best of the Voice.

  38. J.... C....

    great, love Vern

  39. K.... K....

    CHISELED IN STONE AND DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW ARE THE BEST SONGS VERN DID IMO Thanks for sharing Thumbs Up,Cheers,Keith

    K.... K....

    songs that readjust ones attitude ..

  40. A.... R....

    Oh my so sad

  41. C.... A....

    You sure are right about that!! This new stuff is lacking steel guitar and twang!! It is more like pop

  42. M.... D....

    Cool as hell sung with him a bunch actually

  43. D.... M....

    My daughter passed away in 2016 my nephew passed a week later my brother passed 2003 another brother 2017 life isn't easy just take it a day at a time

  44. a.... t....

    lost my wife of over 33 yrs. a week ago sunday. this a great song. but i think i look for honey by goldsboro.

  45. B.... C....

    Good song lonely is so sad you have to hold you're head up smile at the pane lots of pain I have been there lm there now lost my wife my mom wife 29 years God bless you all Bryan

  46. d.... ....

    Great track. Great performer

  47. Y.... j....

    I wanna be single forever

  48. b.... C....

    to experience sadness and loneliness don't hurt to experience...cause only then you realise what you have to lose

  49. J.... S....

    Most of the current so called country music stars need to listen to this so they can understand what country music is supposed to sound like!

  50. N.... M....

    Beautiful song ❤

  51. J.... B....

    Honestly listen too this song this voice this is still country at it's best even in 2019 right. Give him a thumbs up .

  52. B.... W....

    My all time musical hero. He set the bar that only a few have ever reached.

  53. l.... l....

    One of the greatest songs ever

  54. P.... J....

    One of my favorite singers.

  55. C.... H....

    Vern is the man now. It don't get any better thin this powerful performance ever time he walk out on that stage. Priceless 🌹💕

    C.... H....

    I wrote a song on that album. He sang it to perfection.

  56. A.... J....

    Lost my little boy a year ago to cancer he was 3 kinda makes me think of him

    A.... J....

    I am so sorry. Blessings to you. I knew Vern. He had an amazing voice. Chiseled in Stone.....

  57. F.... W....

    So Nice.

  58. M.... ....

    This was the first song iv herd from this recently discovered man, and not ashamed to say yup i shed a wee tear to this song class!! ;-)

  59. M.... D....

    RIP my friend 💔

  60. M.... B....

    I know all about it

  61. F.... W....

    Good Song.

  62. T.... S....

    Loving this in "2019"

  63. T.... B....

    💔RIP Daddy💔
    10/6/44-10/12/19
    SemperFI

  64. T.... ....

    Only idiots would dislike this song. It was CMA song of the year and tells a wonderful story. Vern had a great voice and sang with true feelings.

  65. p.... d....

    THIS IS THE SECOND SADEST SONG IN COUNTRY MUSIC. NUMBER ONE IS.. HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY. LOVE THEM BOTH.

  66. o.... ....

    Great song ! type in "ron howard cover" listen to Opie sing "The Dance"! To all of us who have lost loved ones "Life goes that fast, and we will see them again that soon"!

  67. J.... h....

    I feel sorry for anyone who hasn't heard this legend sing them a story.

  68. S.... B....

    My dad played this standing by mom’s grave in 2016 right after she passed. He passed a year and nine days later in 2017. Now I play this song at his grave in their honor.

  69. H.... C....

    Thank you for the music RIP Vern

  70. D.... L....

    Vern Gosdin - Chiseled In Stone   Yes! This is another great song I really felt this when my grandfather died, he was my anchor.

  71. J.... H....

    The truest story ever written. My wife, who was a finalist in the Alabama Junior Miss Pageant died in 1987. You don’t know till it happened to you.

  72. S.... D....

    The death of a dear friend will bring you here too. Until you look down at a name chiseled in stone and remember the good times, you want understand. A grave stone makes us all equal.

  73. M.... T....

    Vern Gosdin was another one who sang with his heart on his sleeve. Beautiful voice, beautiful phrasing - just a great singer!

  74. F.... W....

    So Nice.

  75. s.... h....

    the best

  76. F.... W....

    Good Song.

  77. o.... ....

    Great song! Hello type in "Ron Howard Palace" listen to Opie sing "Lady"! Also type "Ron Howard cover" listen to "The Dance"! To all of us who have lost loved ones life goes "that fast" and we will see them again "that soon"!

    1

  78. M.... D....

    Honor to have met him such a nice man. Memories of the Harrmons

  79. J.... L....

    I love this song because i went thru the ups and down with my husband for 51 years before he died and now i no about lonely this song makes me cry

    J.... L....

    Prayers and condolences RIP

  80. D.... M....

    This song will rip your heart out and hand it to you !! RIP my Soulmate Lori Anne

  81. E.... M....

    Beautiful song, harmonies are gorgeous

  82. R.... M....

    This song saddens me like no other I have heard. Vern's voice makes the words tear at your heart.

  83. F.... W....

    Vern could break your heart . . Singing the instructions on a roll of shit paper . . . That's skills right there . !!!!!

  84. D.... R....

    I've commented here before. Was thinking about this classic piece from Mr. Gosdin earlier today. Good stuff! God rest his soul. He'll always be The Voice.

  85. J.... A....

    May you rest in peace Melissa, it's been almost 20 years now but I will never forget you. You made me a better person. This song is so true, you don't know sadness till your trying to buy flowers for her stone, or just sitting in church thinking about her and tears just start falling from your eyes and you can't stop them....

  86. J.... T....

    So simple, and yet so absolutely heartbreaking. You could almost feel the pain in his voice.

  87. o.... ....

    Great song ! type in "ron howard cover" listen to Opie sing "The Dance"! To all of us who have lost loved ones "Life goes that fast, and we will see them again that soon"!

  88. D.... D....

    A george Jones video brought me here.........What a voice the "Voice had" what an artist. I am pure country...not this modern crap....the golden oldies like this.

  89. d.... ....

    The Voice.....Enough said

  90. P.... a....

    C Logan. Thank you for asking . I think as my time has gone on I find myself being numb towards it.or instead of all the good times we had which were so many I'm tending to find myself nit- pickin her memory to find things that were wrong in our marriage. Then it don't seem so bad , sorta like finding bad things she did instead of dwelling on all the good, which I miss so much. Shifting the awfulness of it all to somewhere else so I don't have to dwell on her 24-7.she really couldn't this and never did that and on and on on.making all of my pain her fault. It's just a smoke screen but I'm not crying all the time like I used to, and I don't have a family of any kind so it's just me and the memories. Thanks again God bless you

  91. S.... O....

    Red in season 13 The voice brought me here.. such a great song.

  92. P.... W....

    Beautiful song!

  93. J.... J....

    Wow Nashville you really need this back

  94. L.... M....

    i lost my husband 9 years ago, this song rings so true for me.

  95. R.... B....

    Ahhhh The Voice

  96. P.... N....

    Miss you Vern

  97. V.... E....

    Lonely is freedom from the bitch. Lonely is the silent treatment. That is lonely.

  98. V.... S....

    Country music at it's best unlike the music they are making these days without taste and rhythm.