- published: 14 Sep 2012
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Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was born in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. After dropping out of school at 16, he moved to London the following year, in 2008, to pursue a career in music. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of Elton John and Jamie Foxx. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (read as "plus"), was released on 9 September 2011 and has since been certified six-times platinum in the UK. The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.
Sheeran's popularity abroad began in 2012. In the US, he made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John. He spent much of 2013 opening for Swift's The Red Tour in North America dates. In late 2013, he performed three sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden as a headline act. He was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards.
I'm coming around the bend
Been a long time on the avenue
Lovers and losers chained to my heart
Standing here waiting for you
Waiting here just for you to pass through
You can't wear me out
I'm at a hard place and a wall
Rolling down the avenue
Just rolling down the avenue
Blue velvet dreams, a neighbor for a friend
Flying high in the city, looks good again
Standing here waiting for you
Waiting here just for you to pass through
Motel man with a lizard hand
Honky tonk Dan and an old tin can
Ice cream on Sunday
Lots more on Monday
All lovers are fools and I'm gonna fool ya
Sidewalk hurricane blowing over me
Flower-bomb blow out down on Redondo beach
Baby I want to keep you, walk, talk and sleep you