"Stronger Version" lyrics

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

'N I ain't gonna hate myself no more
Maybe I ain't perfect
But I'm puttin' that work in
I ain't gonna break down like before
'N, 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)
But 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 spent most of my life in-between
I've been sorry, been mistaken
I've been nothin' but how God made me

'N I ain't gonna hate myself no more
Maybe I ain't perfect
But I'm puttin' that work in
I ain't gonna break down like before
'N, 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

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

(Three... two... one...)

'N I ain't gonna hate myself no more
Maybe I ain't perfect
But I'm puttin' that work in
I ain't gonna break down like before
'N, baby, I'm hurtin'
But I'm a stronger version