little lady

Singer:ed sheeran

listen

little lady

this is just the worst way to spend your birthday

it's 30 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 were 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

'cause next you got poxy authorities sticking their noses in

she's just under the upper hand

and goes mad for a couple grams

and she don't wanna go outside

tonight. 'cause in the 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. little lady

your mind you've made up

your injuries you can't hide with make-up

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 recognise 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 you're 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 hand 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. she's just under the upper hand

goes mad for a couple grams

and she don't wanna go outside

tonight. 'cause in the pipe she'll fly to the motherland and

sell love to another man

it's too cold outside

for angels to fly

now an angel will die

covered in white

with closed eyes and hoping for a better life

this time

we'll fade out tonight

straight down the line. 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 in

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 foolishness

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 6 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 the 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 we're all under the upper hand

and go mad for a couple grams

and we don't wanna go outside

tonight. 'cause in the 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

and fly fly

for angels to fly

to fly

to fly

angels to die