Well, Me And My Lady Had Our First Big Fight So I Drove Around ´Till I Saw The Neon Lights Of A Corner Bar, It Just Seemed Right, So I Pulled Up Not A Soul Around But The Old Barkeep
Down At The End And Loooking 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 ´Cause It´s The First Long Kiss On A Second Date Momma´s All Worried When You Get Home Late And Droppin´ The Ring In The Spaghetti Plate ´Cause Your Hands Are Shakin´ 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 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 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 Five Years In The Bottle When The Cancer Took Her From Me But I´ve Been Sober Three Years Now ´Cause The One Thing Stronger Than The Whiskey Was The Sight Of 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 High School Love And It´s A New T-Shirt Sayin´ I´m A Grandpa Bein´ 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