Well, me and my lady had
our first big fight
So I drove around 'til
I saw the neon lights
of a corner bar
and it just seemed right
So I pulled up
Not a soul around but the old bar keep
Down at the end and lookin' half asleep.
He walked up and said "What'll it be?"
I said "The good stuff."
He didn't reach around for the whiskey
He didn't pour me a beer
His blue eyes kinda went misty
He said "You can't find that here"
'Cause it's the first long
kiss on a second date
Mama's all worried
when you get home late
And droppin' the ring
in the spaghetti plate
'cause your hands are shakin' so much
It's the way that she looks
with the rice in her hair
Eatin burnt suppers the whole first year
And askin' for seconds
to keep her from tearin' up
Yeah man that's the good stuff.
He grabbed a carton of milk
and he poured a glass.
I smiled and said
"I'll have some of that."
We sat there and talked
as an hour passed like old friends
I saw a black and white picture
and it caught my stare
It was a pretty girl with bouffant hair
He said "That's my Bonnie
Taken 'bout a year after we were wed"
He said "Spent five years in the bottle
When the cancer took her from me.
But I've been sober three years now,
'cause the one thing
stronger than the whiskey"
Was the sight of her
holdin' my baby girl
The way she adored
that string of pearls
I gave her the day that
our youngest boy Earl
Married his high school love
And it's a new t shirt sayin'
"I'm a Grandpa"
Bein' right there as our time got small
And holdin' her hand
when the Good Lord called her up,
Yeah man that's the good stuff
He said when you get home
she'll start to cry
When she says I'm sorry
say so am I
And look into those eyes
so deep in love
And drink it up
'cause that's the good stuff
Yeah that's the good stuff
