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