Eating burnt suppers the whole first year
Married his high school love
He said, "Spent five years in the bottle
'Cause your hands are shakin' so much
He didn't pour me a beer
It was a pretty girl with bouffant hair
He grabbed a carton of milk and he poured a glass
So I pulled up
Being right there as our time got small
We sat there and talked as an hour passed
When the cancer took her from me
Yeah, man, that's the good stuff."
Like old friends
And he walked up and and said, "What'll it be?"
And it's the way that she looks with the rice in her hair
His blue eyes kinda went misty
I gave her the day that our youngest boy, Earl
And askin' for seconds to keep her from tearin' up
He said, "You can't find that here"
He said, "When you get home, she'll start to cry
But I've been sober three years now
"'Cause it's the first long kiss on a second date
He said, "That's my Bonnie
And holding her hand when the good Lord called her up
He didn't reach around for the whiskey
And look into those eyes so deep in love
'Cause the one thing stronger than the whiskey"
Not a soul around but the old barkeep
Down at the end lookin' half asleep
I said, "The good stuff"
And droppin' the ring in the spagetti plate
Taken 'bout a year after we were wed"
At a corner bar and it just seemed right
When she says 'I'm sorry', say, 'So am I'
And drink it up, 'cause that's the good stuff
Momma's all worried when you get home late
"Was the sight of her holdin our baby girl
And it's a new t-shirt saying, "I'm a Grandpa"
The way she adored that string of pearls
Yeah, man, that's the good stuff"
I saw a black and white picture and it caught my stare
And I smiled and said, "I'll have some of that"
