The Good Stuff ~Kenny Chesney

 

Well me and my lady had our first big fight s o I drove around until I saw the neon lights

A corner bar, just seemed right so I pulled up

Not a soul around but the old barkeep down at the end looking half asleep

When he walked up and said what will 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

 

'Cause it's the first long kiss on the 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

It's the way she that looks with 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 he caught my stare, it was a pretty girl with Bufont 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 because the one thing stronger than the whiskey

 

Was the sight of her holding 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

It's a new t-shirt saying I'm a grandpa

Being right there as her 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

Look into those eyes so deep in love...

Drink it up

'Cause that's the good stuff

That's the good stuff

 

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