The Good Stuff

Well, me an' my lady had our first big fight So I drove around till 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 bar keep Down at the end an' looking half asleep But he walked up, an' 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 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 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' he 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, "Spent five years in the bar" 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 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" When 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