well me and my lady had our first big fight
so I drove around till I saw the neon lights
of a corner bar
and it just seemed right so I pulled up
not a soul around but the ole bar keep
down at the end looking half asleep
he walked up and said what'll it be I said the good stuff
he didn't reach around for the whisky
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
moma's all worried when you get home late
dropping the ring in the spagetti plate
cuz your hands are shaking so much
and it's the way that she looks with her rice in her hair
eating burnt suppers the whole first year
and asking for seconds, to keep her from tearing up
yeah man that's the good stuff

he grabbed a carton of milk and he poured a glass
I smiled and said I'll have some of that
set 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 boufant hair
he said that's my bonnie, taken bout a year after we wed
he said it's been 5 years in the bar
when the cancer took her from me
but I've been sober 3 years now
cuz the one thing stronger then the whisky
was the shot of her holding my 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 tshirt saying I'm a grandpa
being right there as our time got small
and holding 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 deap in love
drink it up
cuz that's the good stuff
that's the good stuff

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