WELL ME AND MY LADY
HAD OUR FIRST BIG FIGHT
SO I DROVE AROUND
'TIL I SAW THE NEON LIGHT
OF A CORNER BAR
AND IT JUST SEEMED
RIGHT
SO I PULLED UP
NOT A SOUL AROUND
BUT THE OLD BARKEEP
DOWN AT THE END
AND LOOKIN'
HALF ASLEEP
AND 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
DROPPIN' THE RING
IN THE SPAGHETTI PLATE
'CAUSE YOUR HANDS
ARE SHAKIN' SO MUCH
AND IT'S THE WAY
THAT SHE LOOKS
WITH HER RICE
IN HER HAIR
AND 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
AND 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'D WED
HE SAID
I SPENT FIVE YEARS
IN THE BOTTLE
WHEN THE CANCER
TOOK HER FROM ME
WELL I'VE BEEN SOBER
THREE YEARS NOW
'CAUSE THE ONE THING
STRONGER
THAN THE WHISKEY
WAS THE SIGHT OF HER
HOLDIN' OUR 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 HER 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
THAT'S THE GOOD STUFF