Áine Deane - the one before the one

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

Written by:
BENJAMIN LYTHE, AINE JOSEPHINE DEANE, CARYS LOUISE WILLIAMS SELVEY

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