Little Lady (Live) Lyrics By Ed Sheeran
Listen, little lady
This is just the worst way to spend your birthday
It's thirty degrees, Thursday
You work late, you was with a perv making dirty fake love in his Mercedes
Lady, the word rape sums up events that take place every night
You wanna get up but you know your legs will ache if you try
And you remember that your punter went crazy last night
You drag yourself to the mirror to check your face then you cry
Forget the visit to the clinic you was booked in for
You'll make a trip to the Whittington where they'll look at your jaw
They'll be inquisitive and ask about your business for sure
They'll know you're fibbing if you tell them you got hit by a door
But, young woman, the pimp sees you as nothing but a dumb hooker
Medical attention could be fatal 'cause the cunt wouldn't
Ever let a doctor near someone that's getting dough for him
Next you got poxy authorities sticking their noses in
She's just under the upper hand
Goes mad for a couple grams
And she don't wanna go outside, tonight
'Cause in a pipe she'll fly to the motherland and
Sell love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
Little lady, your mind you've made up
Your injuries you can't hide with makeup
You need some medical advice
You make up a little lie to say just
In case the doc opens his eyes and don't decide to play dumb
With any luck you'll see the same dude who stitched your top lip
Last year when your pimp just lost it
He wouldn't recognize you if you stared him in the face anyway
'Cause all the heroin is making you age
But you're a heroine for taking the strain of being a prostitute and punching bag
The funds you have left go where your from using MoneyGram
Mother had to get you out the motherland to study
That was all she struggled to have a single daughter with the upper hand
Little does she know you're never coming back
She put you in her brother's hands only for him to formulate another plan
He's the fucking cause of your appalling state, this summer
Fancy that, you came to London to get pimped by your uncle
Damn
And she's just under the upper hand
Goes made for a couple grams
And she don't wanna go outside, tonight
'Cause in a pipe she'll fly to the motherland and
Sell love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
Now and angel dies
Covered in white
With closed eyes and hoping for a better life
This time, we'll fade out tonight
Straight down the line
Now all your, um, your arms look wonderful in the air
I'm just gonna ask, uh, one thing for you to do
Can you take your arms down?
And can you put your hands in your pockets?
And can you just take out a phone or a lighter or anything
That makes light and just hold it in the air
For this one last verse?
I think this is gonna look wicked
And can we dim the house lights down a little bit
Just for this?
Set the scene?
And we'll just let Justin do his last verse
Listen, little lady
You're trembling with fear
Your skinny frame kinda resembles a deer
You're sitting facing the detective, oh dear
The meddling nurse couldn't just leave it
She's only gone and made it much worse calling police and
She'll never know the gravity of the damage she's caused
You're causing scandal going mad in the ward now
The cop is trying to calm you, telling you he won't let no one harm you
The same question he keeps trying to ask you, who you working for?
He's talking to you like you're worth more than a dirty whore
You're having a conversation you could be murdered for
You're learning more about exactly why you need to help bring him or her to court
It's kicking knowledge you ain't ever heard before
Just before he leaves, he reassures you that he knows that it's hard
He underlines a mobile number you can phone on his card
Begs you to use it, he's useless if you're gonna be stupid
'Cause an answer hasn't come from your bruised lips, you're on your own
You've gotta go and give your pimp what you owe
You reach your door and then it dawns that you've been followed home
Before you turn around you feel a cold blade on your throat
And then a voice says, where you been, bitch? I wanna know
No prizes for guessing who it is, resistance would be foolish
You open the front door, he boots you in
There's something new in him, he's silent now that fills you with terror
Get your alibi straight, you could be killed for an error
He towers over you, the six inch knife catches the sunlight
At this point, your life flashes before your eyes, your handbag's dropped
And all the contents are all over the floor
Despite the mess there's only one thing that's caught his eye
And in a moment of rage, he brutally murders his niece
And dumps her body in the boot of his Merc in the street
Little lady left this earth in the worst way
All because she got a card on her 13th birthday
And she's just under the upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams
And we don't wanna go outside, tonight
Cause in a pipe she'll fly to the motherland and
Sell love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
For angels to fly
Fly, fly
For angels to fly
To fly, to fly
Angels to die
