Me an' my
Lady had our
First big fight
So I drove around
'Til I saw the
Neon light
A corner bar
It just
Seemed right
So I pulled up
Not a soul around
But the old
Bar keep
Down at the end
An' looking half
Asleep
But he walked up
An' said
"Whehat'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
"Momma's all
Worried when you
Get home late
"And droppin'
The ring in the
Spaghetti plate
"'Cause your hands
Are shakin' so much
"An' it's the way
That she looks with
The rice in her hair
An' "eatin' burnt
Suppers, the whole
First year
"An' askin' for
Seconds
To keep her from
Tearin' up
"Yeah, man, that's
The good stuff"
He grabbed a
Carton of milk an'
Poured a glass
An' I smiled
An' said, "I'll have
Some of that."
We sat there
An' talked as
An hour passed
Like old friends
I saw a black
An' white picture
An' 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 I
"Spent five years
In the bottle
"Whehen the cancer
Took her from me
"But I've been
Sober
Three years now
"'Cause the one
Thing stronger
Than the whiskey
"Wheas 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"
"An' it's a new
Tee-shirt saying
'I'm a Grandpa'
"Bein' right there
As our time got
Small
"An' 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
"Whehen she says
'I'm sorry,'
Say, 'so am I'
"An' look into
Those eyes
So deep in love
"An' drink it up
"'Cause that's the
Good stuff
"That's the good
Stuff...