Well, me and my lady had our first big fight So I drove around until I saw the neon lights of a corner bar It just seemed right so I pulled up
Not a soul around but the old bar keep down at the end and loooking half asleep But 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 Momma's all worried when you get home late And dropping the ring in the spaghetti plate 'cause your hands are shaking so much And it's the way that she looks with the rice in her hair Eating burnt supper the whole first year and asking for seconds to keep her from tearing 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 he caught my stare It was a pretty girl with mufont hair He said that's my Bonnie taken about a year after we wed He said I 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 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 T 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
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 Drink it up 'cause that's the good stuff That's the good stuff