[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Pre-Chorus]
I hate how I helped you
To be a better person
Not for mе, for someone new

[Chorus]
I'm thе 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 mom 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
[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
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 mom said you should've treated me better
I'm a practice run where you got it all wrong
I'm the one
The one

[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
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 mom 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