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