(Intro)
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Well me and my lady had our first big fight,
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So I drove around till I saw the neon lights,
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At a corner bar, and it just seemed right, so I pulled up,
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Not a soul around but the ol' barkeep,
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Down at the end lookin half asleep,
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But he walked up and said what'll it be? I said the Good Stuff,
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He didn't reach around for the whiskey, He didn't pour me a beer,
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His blue eyes kinda went misty,
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Said you can't find that here,
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Cause it's the first long kiss on a second date
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Mamma's all worried when you get home late
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And droppin the ring in the spaghetti plate,
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Cause your hands are shaking so much
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It's the way she looks with rice in her hair
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Eatin burnt suppers the whole first year
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And 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 and poured a glass
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I smiled and said I'll have some of that
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We sat there and talked as an hour passed like ol' friends
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Saw a black and white picture and it caught my stare
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Was a pretty girl with bouffant hair
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He said that's my Bonnie, takin bout a year after we wed
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He said spent five years in the bottle when the cancer took her from me
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I've been sober for three years now,
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Cause the one thing stronger than the whiskey was the
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The sight of her holdn 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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And it's a new T-shirt sayin I'm a Grand Pa
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Being right there as our time got small
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And holding 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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And look into those eyes so deep in love
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And drink it up
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Cause that's the Good Stuff
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That's the Good Stuff
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Chris Rhythm Player |
#1 by Chris Pray at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:30 PM EST |
| Beautiful song, gets me everytime. | |
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Bassdude Average |
#2 by Bassdude at Sep 28, 2007 at 4:26 AM EST |
| well, I used to hate country and everything about it...but come on, who doesn't like to kick back with some beer listening to kenny chesney? especially this song! one of my friends plays it on guitar when we're all drinkin...its a great song..and i've learned to love it. I think its just about concentrating on the little things in life, and the bartender is telling kenny chesney about how he lost his wife... | |
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Collin Average |
#3 by Collin at Oct 4, 2007 at 8:41 PM EST |
| Yeah!! thats what i was tring to find out! haha if someone knows what is going on there please enlighten.... ive spent so much time trying to reason it out and it doesnt make sense to me, did she die right away and how did she see their son get married?? | |
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Gary Wanna Be |
#4 by Gary Rossington at Oct 5, 2007 at 5:43 PM EST |
| Sad song, and I'm not even into country. Blame my mother, dammit. Anyhoo. Very sad. | |
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CJ Wanna Be |
#5 by CJ West at Oct 6, 2007 at 2:57 PM EST |
| Does anyone else catch that he says she died a year after they got married - but she saw thier youngest son get married? I lovvvve this song, but have never understood that... | |
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Mark Wanna Be |
#6 by Mark masta at Oct 7, 2007 at 5:53 AM EST |
| I love this song- it's so real and true. It makes me appreciate the important things in life! GO KENNY!! | |
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ToRRi Average |
#7 by ToRRi L at Oct 10, 2007 at 6:40 AM EST |
| This is an amazing song, but every time I listened to it I was always confused because it sounded like the wife died a year after they were married. It didn't occur to me that it was the picture itself that was "Taken 'bout a year" after they got married. Now the song makes alot more sense :). | |
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Joe Average |
#8 by Joe Fitzpatrick at Oct 13, 2007 at 6:51 AM EST |
| My favorite Kenny song he doesn't play it live as much as he should. It's so beautiful. | |
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Razzle Wanna Be |
#9 by Razzle jester at Oct 16, 2007 at 10:23 AM EST |
| I do wish every man runs into a bartender like this after "the first big fight" ... | |
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Ziggy Professional |
#10 by Ziggy at Oct 16, 2007 at 4:02 PM EST |
| It just says that the picture he's looking at was taken a year after their wedding. She didn't die for a while after that. | |