ED SHEERAN - THE A TEAM
LYRICS
White Lips, Pale Face
Breathing In Snowflakes
Burnt Lungs, Sour Taste
Light's Gone, Days End
Struggling To Pay Rent
Long Nights, Strange Men
And They Say
She's In The Class A Team
Stuck In Her Daydream
Been This Way Since Eighteen
But Lately Her Face Seems
Slowly Sinking, Wasting
Crumbling Like Pastries
And They Scream
The Worst Things In Life Come Free To Us
'Cause We're Just Under The Upper Hand
And Go Mad For A Couple Grams
And She Don't Want To Go Outside Tonight
And In A Pipe She Flies To The Motherland
Or Sells Love To Another Man
It's Too Cold Outside
For Angels To Fly
Angels To Fly
Ripped Gloves, Raincoat
Tried To Swim And Stay Afloat
Dry House, Wet Clothes
Loose Change, Bank Notes
Weary-Eyes, Dry Throat
Call Girl, No Phone
And They Say
She's In The Class A Team
Stuck In Her Daydream
Been This Way Since Eighteen
But Lately Her Face Seems
Slowly Sinking, Wasting
Crumbling Like Pastries
And They Scream
The Worst Things In Life Come Free To Us
'Cause We're Just Under The Upper Hand
And Go Mad For A Couple Grams
And She Don't Want To Go Outside Tonight
And In A Pipe She Flies To The Motherland
Or Sells Love To Another Man
It's Too Cold Outside
For Angels To Fly
An Angel Will Die
Covered In White
Closed Eye
And Hoping For A Better Life
This Time, We'll Fade Out Tonight
Straight Down The Line
And They Say
She's In The Class A Team
Stuck In Her Daydream
Been This Way Since Eighteen
But Lately Her Face Seems
Slowly Sinking, Wasting
Crumbling Like Pastries
And They Scream
The Worst Things In Life Come Free To Us
'Cause We're Just Under The Upper Hand
And Go Mad For A Couple Grams
And She Don't Want To Go Outside Tonight
And In A Pipe She Flies To The Motherland
Or Sells Love To Another Man
It's Too Cold Outside
For Angels To Fly
Angels To Fly
To Fly, Fly
For Angels To Fly, To Fly, To Fly
For Angels To Die
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Ed Sheeran
Producer(s): Jake Gosling
The Song Is A True Story And Was Written By Sheeran After Meeting A Girl Called Angel Whilst Volunteering At A Crisis Homeless Shelter. The Song Became The Highest Selling Debut Single On The Uk Singles Charts In The First Half Of 2011.
When Sheeran made a video to accompany the original recording of this song in 2010, it cost him only £20 to make. Young photographer Ruskin Kyle shot the clip on location in Angel, London. in north London, and Camden, in the northwest. The video stars actresses Selina MacDonald, as "Angel," and Katy Brady, as her housemate.
This was named best song musically and lyrically at the 57th Ivor Novello Awards. The honors are one of the highest regarded within the UK music industry as they are voted for by a pool of songwriters and composers.
Sheeran gave a triumphant performance of the song in a duet with Elton John during the 2013 Grammys. Host LL Cool quipped that Sheeran and John made a perfect "A Team."