The Good Stuff Well, me and my lady had our first big fight So I drove around till I saw the neon lights The corner bar It just seemed right, so I pulled up Not a soul around but the old bar keep Down at the end lookin' half asleep 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 kind of went misty He said, 'You can't find that here.'
Chorus 1: 'Cause it's the first long kiss on a second date Your momma's all worried when you get home late Droppin' the ring in the spaghetti plate 'Cause your hands are shakin' so much It's the way that she looks with the rice in her hair Eatin' burnt suppers the whole first year And askin' for seconds to keep her from tearin' up Yeah man, that's the good stuff.
He grabbed a carton of milk and he poured a glass Then I smiled and said, 'I'll have some of that.' We sat there and talked as an hour passed like old friends
Saw a black and white picture and it caught my stare It was a pretty girl with bouffant hair He said, 'That's my Bonnie, taken 'bout a year after we wed.' He said, 'Spent 5 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.
Chorus 2: 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 And it's a new t-shirt saying 'I'm a grandpa.' And being right there as our time got small And 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, ''Im sorry.'', say ''So am I.'' Then look into those eyes so deep in love and drink it up 'Cause thats the good stuff.