Well me and my lady had our first big fight,
, so I drove around 'til I saw the neon lights,
corner bar, it just seemed right so I pulled up.
Not a soul around but the old barkeep,
down at the end and 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 kinda went misty, he said you can't find that here.
'Cuz it's the first long kiss on a second date,
mama's all worried when ya get home late
and dropping the ring in the spaghetti plate
'cuz your hands are shakin' so much.
And it's the way that she looks with rice in her hair
and 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
and 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 bouffant hair.
He said that's my Bonnie taken about a year after we wed.
He said I spent 5 years in the bottle when the cancer took her from me,
but I've been sober 3 years now 'cuz 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. And it's a new t-shirt sayin' I'm a Grandpa and being right there as our time got smill 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 I'm sorry say so am I. And look into those eyes so deep in love, and drink it up. 'Cuz that's the stuff. That's the good stuff.