The Good Stuff

The Good Stuff - The Hit Crew

Well me and my lady had our first big fight

So I drove around until I saw the neon lights

At a corner bar and it just seemed right

So I pulled up

Not a soul around but the old barkeep

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 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 dropping the ring in the spagetti plate

'Cause your hands are shaking so much

And it's the way that she looks with the 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

And I smiled and said "I'll have some of that"

We sat there and talked as an hour passed

Like old friends

I 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 were 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 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 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'

And look into those eyes so deep in love

And drink it up 'cause that's the good stuff

That's the good stuff"