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