Thats The Good Stuff

Well me and my lady had our first big fight So I drove around till I saw the neon lights   At 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   Said you can’t find that here Cause it’s the first long kiss on a second date Mamma’s all worried when you get home late And droppin the ring in the spaghetti plate   Cause your hands are shaking so much    It’s the way she looks with 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 poured a glass I smiled and said I’ll have some of that We sat there and talked as an hour passed like ol’ friends Saw a black and white picture and it caught my stare Was a pretty girl with bouffant hair He said that’s my Bonnie takin bout a year after we wed He said spent five years in the bottle when the cancer took her from me I’ve been sober for three years now   Cause the one thing stronger than the whiskey was the The sight of her holdn 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 Grand Pa 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 And look into those eyes so deep in love   And drink it up Cause that’s the Good Stuff     That’s the Good Stuff