well me and my lady had our first big fight
so i drove around till i saw the neon light
a corner bar and it just seemed right
so i pulled up
not a soul around but the old bar keep
down at the end and looking half asleep
and 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 kind of went misty
he said you can’t find that here
because 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 spaghetti plate
because 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
4
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
5
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 about a year after we were wed
6
he said spent five years in the bottle
when the cancer took her from me
but i’ve been sober three years now
because the one thing stronger than the whiskey
was the sight 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 high school love
and it’s a new teeshirt 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
because that’s the good stuff
that’s the good stuff
Artist: Kenny Chesney
Year: 2002
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 188