Well, me an' my lady had our first big fight,
So I drove around 'til I saw the neon light.
A corner bar, an it just seemed right.
So I pulled up.
John Cena and his wife Ashley Austin Stone Cold's daughter had their first fight. "I'm not going out again John, I wanna stay in and watch a movie or something!" she told him. He rolled his eyes, "well I'm NOT staying in here." He yelled as he stormed out. He pulled up to a bar and he went inside.
Not a soul around but the old bar keep,
Down at the end an' looking half asleep.
An he walked up, an' said : "What'll it be?"
I said: "The good stuff."
"Can I help you?" The old man asked. John looked up playing with his wedding band. "Yeah, man the good stuff" The old man turned around and said "You wont find that in here."
He didn't reach around for the whiskey;
He didn't pour me a beer.
His blue eyes kinda went misty,
He said: "You can't find that here.
John looked at his phone it was a text from his wife that said "Please come home I miss you" he sighed and put it away then looked at the old man. The man smiled.
"'Cos it's the first long kiss on a second date.
"Momma's all worried when you get home late.
"And droppin' the ring in the spaghetti plate,
"'Cos your hands are shakin' so much.
"An' it's the way that she looks with the rice in her hair.
"Eatin' burtn suppers the whole first year "An' askin' for seconds to keep her from tearin' up.
"Yeah, man, that's the good stuff."
John looked back at his phone seeing a picture of the two on the beach on their honeymoon. He then looked up at the old man.
He grabbed a carton of milk an' her poured a glass.
An' I smiled an' said: "I'll have some of that."
We sat there an' talked as an hour passed,
Like old friends.
John smiled and took a drink of his milk. "She does have a beautiful smile." The old man smiled and said "You put it there son"
John then saw a black and white picture.
I saw a black an' white picture an' it caught my stare,
It was a pretty girl with bouffant hair.
He said: "That's my Bonnie,
"Taken 'bout a year after we were wed."
He smiled "Shes beautiful sir how long have you been married" The old man sighed and sat down "40 years she passed away about eight years ago"
He said "Spent five years in the bar,
"When the cancer took her from me.
"But I've been sober three years now,
"'Cos the one thing stronger than the whiskey:
"Oh sir I'm sorry" John apoligzed finshing his milk. "Thanks son, she's in better hands now" The man smiled pouring him another glass. The talked longer.
"Was the sight of her holdin' 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."
"An' it's a new tee-shirt saying: 'I'm a Grandpa'.
"Bein' right there as our time got small,
"An' holdin' her hand, when the Good Lord called her up,
"Yeah, man, that's the good stuff."
John finshed his last bit of milk and took out his wallet. "No son put that way" the old man said. John smiled and did as he was told he turned to leave. "One more thing"
He said: "When you get home, she'll start to cry.
"When she says: 'I'm sorry,' say: 'So am I.'
"An' look into those eyes, so deep in love,
"An' drink it up.
"'Cos that's the good stuff.
"That's the good stuff
John walked into the house hugged Ashley. She started to cry, "I'm so sorry baby" He smiled "So am I" he stared in her eyes "Now this is the good stuff" he said.