When the years have gone I got years to go

Workin' for the man to pay the debt I owe

Way the time may pass but the truth will stand

When the good Lord shakes this calloused hand

They can call my name when it's time to go

But I'll never be free 'til it's chiseled in stone

Ain't no man gonna carry my load

Gotta be a man and do it on my own

Devil in my path and the hounds on my heel

You'd have to walk in my shoes

Just to know how I feel

The Devil's callin' my name he's one who knows

That I'll never be free 'til it's chiseled in stone

The chiseled in stone

Well I keep on going though there's no way out

Every stone in my path is a brick in my house

A man's life is built all along the way

By the things he's done and the choices he's made

Someday they'll call my name I'll have a place of my own

But I'll never be free 'til it's chiseled in stone

On that final day when the whistle blows

I can rest my body I can rest my soul

I've built my castle in the Promised Land

It's made of rock and stone not the shifting sands

When they mention my name after I'm long gone

Well the know I'm free 'cause it's chiseled in stone

A chiseled in stone