Stronger Version
A couple-hundred-thousand cigarette butts (cigarette butts)
A million beers or maybe more, oh-ohh
A couple-dozen times I messed things up (messed things up)
But I'm movin' on from before, oh-ohh
People don't like me for things I forgot
But I can't pretend to be someone I'm not
I've been sober, I've been wasted
I spent most of my life in-between
I've been sorry, been mistaken
I've been nothin' but how God made me
An' I ain't gonna hate myself no more
Maybe I ain't perfect (perfect, perfect)
But I'm puttin' that work in (work in)
I ain't gonna break down like before
An', baby, I'm hurtin'
But I'm a stronger version
(Three, two, one)
A couple-hundred-thousand pills swallowed (pills swallowed)
A million tears or maybe more, oh-ohh
A couple-dozen pretty hearts I broke (hearts I broke)
That isn't me anymore, oh-ohh
People don't like me for things I forgot
But I can't pretend to be someone I'm not
I've been sober, I've been wasted
I've spent most of my life in-between
I've been sorry, been mistaken
I've been nothin' but how God made me
An' I ain't gonna hate myself no more
Maybe I ain't perfect (perfect, perfect)
But I'm puttin' that work in (work in)
I ain't gonna break down like before
An', baby, I'm hurtin'
But I'm a stronger version
(Three, two, one)
Lord, I hit the ditch, walked right off the edge
I got knocked down and got up again
Oh, I tried to live more like my friends
I can't be nothin' but just what I am
An' I've been sober (sober), I've been wasted (wasted)
I spent most of my life in-between
I've been sorry (sorry), been mistaken (mistaken)
I can't be nothin' but how God made me
(Three, two, one)
An' I ain't gonna hate myself no more
Maybe I ain't perfect (perfect, perfect)
But I'm puttin' that work in (work in)
I ain't gonna break down like before
An' baby, I'm hurtin'
But I'm a stronger version