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PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION
Don Krimmer / Jay Clementi

I couldn’t kill the lonely in my soul so cocaine did
I used live to use thought I had to use to live
I’d hate myself for what I just did
And the next day I’d get up and do it all again

Back then I’d sit and think about my next drink
If I got rid of this compulsion, I wouldn’t know what to think
Maybe I’d help other people find their way out of the dark
Guide them to the light take the hurting off their heart

For so many years I hated who I was
Lost in rock bottom, I found strength in God's Love
Then power in the stories of empty people just like me
Working with each other on these chains to break free
One day at a time with prayer’s connecting
It’s progress not perfection
It’s progress not perfection

I’m clearing away the wreckage from my past
I’ve been hauling it around it’s been kicking my ass
Pain was the fire for my spiritual change
It’s burning It’s burning pushing back the rain

For so many years I hated who I was
Lost in rock bottom, I found strength in God's Love
Then power in the stories of empty people just like me
Working with each other on the chains to break free
One day at a time with prayer’s connecting
It’s progress not perfection
It’s progress not perfection

For so many years I hated who I was
Lost in rock bottom, I found strength in God's Love
Then power in the stories of empty people just like me
Working with each other on the chains to break free
One day at a time with prayer’s connecting
One day at a time with prayer’s connecting
Progress not perfection
Progress not perfection
Progress not perfection
Progress not perfection

If there’s anyone out there listening know you’re not alone
You don’t have to drink again
Never drink again

Don Krimmer/ Jay Clementi
©2022 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music/ Cross Keys (ASCAP)

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from SW​:​S October 2022, Belton, TX, released November 18, 2022
©2022 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music/ Cross Keys (ASCAP)

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