Well, me and my lady had our first big fight So I drove around until 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, lookin' half asleep But he walked over 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 it caught my stare It was a pretty girl with bouffant hair He said, 'That's my Bonnie Taken 'bout a year after we wed' He said, '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 a shot 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' Bein' right there as the town 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" And look into those eyes so deep in love Drink it up...' 'Cause that's the good stuff... That's the good stuff...