Chiseled in Stone

Gosdin and Max D. Barnes wrote it, Bob Montgomery produced and Rodney Collins sang backing vocals. Released on August 27, 1988 with "Tight as Twin Fiddles" on the B-side, it reached six on Hot Country Songs and three in Canada. The CMA named it song of the year (1988 by one source and 1989 by Wikipedia), Barnes's first, and it was nominated for the Grammy for best country song and the CMA single of the year. American Songwriter describes the opening verse as a man with troubles at home meeting an older man in a bar who urges him to value the relationship while he can; Max T. Barnes says the story is not specific. Gosdin recorded nearly everything the two wrote together.

American Songwriter lists covers by Rune Rudberg in Norway and Jade Hurley in Australia, without years. Setlist.fm shows it once among 65 Gosdin setlists, at the Davis Theatre in Montgomery, Alabama on March 26, 2005, a thin user-submitted sample rather than a true play count. We found no recording date, official video or samples, and do not know which version our upload is.