Well, me and my lady had our first big fight
So I drove around 'til I saw the neon lights
Of a corner bar
And it just seemed right so I pulled up
Not a soul around but the 'ol barkeep
Down at the end lookin' 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
Cuz it's the first long kiss on a second date
Mama's all worried when you get home late
Droping the ring in the spaghetti plate
Cuz your hands are shaking so much
And 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 grabed 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 past
Like old friends
Saw a black and white picture and it caught my stare
It was a pretty girl with bufont hair
He said "that's my Boney, taken bout 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 3 years now cuz the one thing stronger than the whiskey was
The sight if her holdin' our baby girl
The way she adored that string of pearls
I gave her the day that our youngest boy Earl
Married his highschool love
And it's a new t-shirt saying I'm A Grandpa
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 I'm sorry say, so am I
Look into those eyes so deep in love
And drink it up
Cuz that's the good stuff"
That's the good stuff