Did You Have A Love Before Me

from For Each Flower Growing by Ellen Froese

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When we first moved in together
You said you were not the marryin’ kind
So I’ll ask you now, about what I’ve just found
And why I can’t put it out of my mind, can’t put it out of my mind

I saw the wedding dress in your closet
Did you forget it was there?
The tag, it still hung, and when I tried it on
It was not in a size I could wear, no, not in a size I could wear

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Did you have a love before me? Did you ask her to stay?
Did she leave you lonely? Or was it you who walked away?
I know I’ll end up staying, it’s been too long to leave
Imagine me on my own out there, he’s taken care of me

Who hung the dress in your closet?
Were you planning to wed?
How long has it been, or have you even seen
This secret of organdy? Of lace and of organdy

I could not stop once I’d started
I found more secrets inside
A box tucked away behind the layers of lace
It could have held all the tears that I cried, held all the tears that I cried

CHORUS
Did you have a love before me? Did you ask her to stay?
Did she leave you lonely? Or was it you who walked away?
I know I’ll end up staying, it’s been too long to leave
Imagine me on my own out there, my name was never on the lease
Imagine me

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from For Each Flower Growing, released November 10, 2022

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Ellen Froese Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

For Each Flower Growing, Froese's fourth full-length, produced in collaboration with the Sheepdogs' Sam Corbett, is her most accomplished statement to date, drawing on her established sound as a folk & country-based singer/songwriter while incorporating a wider frame of reference in the rich production, supple instrumentation, and overall sonic soundworld. ... more

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