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