The Good Stuff

[Verse 1] Well, me and my lady had our first big fight So I drove around till I saw the neon light A corner bar, and it just seemed right So I pulled up [Verse 2] Not a soul around but the old bar keep Down at the end and looking half asleep And he walked up, and said: "What'll it be?" I said: "The good stuff" [Verse 3] He didn't reach around for the whiskey; He didn't pour me a beer His blue eyes kind of went misty He said: "You can't find that here [Verse 4] Because it's the first long kiss on a second date Momma's all worried when you get home late And dropping the ring in the spaghetti plate Because your hands are shaking so much And it's the way that she looks with the rice in her hair Eating burnt suppers the whole first year And asking for seconds to keep her from tearing up Yeah, man, that's the good stuff" [Verse 5] He grabbed a carton of milk and he poured a glass And I smiled and said: "I'll have some of that" We sat there and talked as an hour passed Like old friends [Verse 6] 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 about a year after we were wed" [Verse 7] He said "Spent five years in the bottle When the cancer took her from me But I've been sober three years now Because the one thing stronger than the whiskey [Verse 8] Was the sight of her holding 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 tee-shirt saying: 'I'm a Grandpa' Being right there as our time got small And holding her hand, when the Good Lord called her up Yeah, man, that's the good stuff" [Verse 9] 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 Because that's the good stuff That's the good stuff"