The Girl Before the Girl Lyrics

There was the singer from Missouri that I liked the idea of

And the boy in New York City I swear to god I could've loved

And the red-haired one in Dallas with two boys under five

And the one back in my hometown keeping my hopes alive

'Cause I'm the girl before the girl

I'm not the one you beg to stick around inside your little world

I'm just one step on a journey that I won't see to the end

I'm a heart that you can break while you wait for yours to mend

Maybe I self-sabotage, 'cause I'm a child of divorce

Then it hurts a little less when they don't want me anymore

Am I hard to love or do I love too hard?

Alone gets awful lonely if that's all you ever are

'Cause I'm the girl before the girl

I'm not the one you beg to stick around inside your little world

I'm just one step on a journey that I won't see to the end

I'm a heart that you can break while you wait for yours to mend

I can't spend one more second as a second choice

I can't offer my well wishes through the breaking of my voice

I won't settle to be someone that you settle for before

You find somebody else that you like a little more

Than the girl before the girl

Not the one you beg to stick around inside your little world

I'm just one step on a journey that I won't see to the end

I'm a heart that you can break while you wait for yours to mend