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Backstory:

Acoustic/vocal demo. 
Don't be defined by your past. Hard times don't equal a life sentence. It's just part of learning life lessons. 

Put the past in the past and move one.

Lyrics Tim Schlesener
Music and Vocals Nash Stanley

Lyrics:

                                                  
Life Lessons
Published by timothymichaelmusic
21 AUG 2023

V1.
Traded the love of a dozen good women
For a hundred one night stands
I watched a million shots of whiskey
Blow a thousand real good plans
I’ve always lived life the hard way
Slammed so many open doors
Thank God that’s not me anymore

Chorus
I’ve had some growing up to do
And the truth is I ain’t done
I’ve had to figure out just who it was
I wanted to become
Now I’m a better man than I was back then
But I ain’t as good as I’ll be getting
Made some mistakes, but at least I can say
That I’m making less bad decisions
And I realize hard times don’t mean a life sentence
It’s just learning life lessons

V2.
It took me a whole lot longer
Than it probably did for some
But now I’m way too far down the road
To keep playing young and dumb
Been a selfish, self-centered son of a gun
But I ain’t rotten to the core
Thank God that’s not me anymore

Chorus
I’ve had some growing up to do
And the truth is I ain’t done
I’ve had to figure out just who it was
I wanted to become
Now I’m a better man than I was back then
But I ain’t as good as I’ll be getting
I’ve made some mistakes, but at least I can say
That I’m making less bad decisions
And I realize hard times don’t mean a life sentence
That’s just part learning life lessons

Bridge
Life ain’t a prison, unless you make it one
Leave the past in the past, and just move on son.

Chorus
I’ve had some growing up to do
And the truth is I ain’t done
I’ve had to figure out just who it was
I wanted to become
Now I’m a better man than I was back then
But I ain’t as good as I’ll be getting
I’ve made some mistakes, but at least I can say
That I’m making less bad decisions
And I realize hard times don’t mean a life sentence

Outro
It ain’t the end of the world
It’s just another stone for steppin’
That’s just part of learnin’ life lessons
That’s just part of learing life lessons