the one before the one Lyrics

I heard you're getting engaged

Guess I did my job but I never got paid

Oh I'm one hell of a fixer upper

Being the one before is my bread and butter

I put in all the work

Took the overtime, so you could love her

Cause it turns out now you're quite a nice guy

I was the prototype before your nice life

I hate how I helped you

To be a better person

Not for me

For someone new

I'm the girl who lives next to the girl next door

I'm the ex who expected a whole lot more

I'm the lesson you learned

I'm a leaf that you turned

Watched you leave in a carriage while I took the hearse

I taught you to love right down to the letter

And your mum said you should've treated me better

I'm a practice run, where you got it all wrong

I'm the one

The one before the one

Must be written on my forehead

Been here before, so I'm goddamn sure

They'll be perfect by the time they're done with me

I should offer a money-back guarantee

I'm the girl who lives next to the girl next door

I'm the ex who expected a whole lot more

I'm the lesson you learned

I'm a leaf that you turned

Watched you leave in a carriage while I took the hearse

I taught you to love right down to the letter

And your mum said you should've treated me better

I'm a practice run, where you got it all wrong

I'm the one, the one

I won't get the picket fence

Or the big white dress

Or the arguments over dinner sets

Was I not enough?

Did I fail the test?

So you saved it all for someone else

There's so many things that you never gave me

Like a birthday card or monogamy

Or an argument where you let me speak

The best of you just wasn't for me

I'm the girl who lives next to the girl next door

I'm the ex who expected a whole lot more

I'm the lesson you learned

I'm a leaf that you turned

Watched you leave in a carriage while I took the hearse

I taught you to love right down to the letter

And your mum said you should've treated me better

I'm a practice run, where you got it all wrong

I'm the one

The one before the one