Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
And listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
A stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain
with his fingers
Singing my life
with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
I felt all flushed
with fever
Embarassed by the crowd
I felt he'd found my letters
And read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on
Strumming my pain
with his fingers
Singing my life
with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life
with his words
Killing me softly
with his song
Oohh,ooh lalalalalalaa
He played as if he knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me
As if I wasn't there
And he just kept on playin'
Playing clear and strong
(Strumming my pain)
Strumming my pain with his fingers
( Singing my life)
Singing my pain with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly
with his song
Telling my whole life
with his words
Killing me softly Hey!!
(Strumming my pain)
Strumming my pain with his fingers
(Singing my life)
Singing my life
Killing me, killing me softly
with his song yeah
Ooh,Ooh
Killing me,
killing me
with his song
(with his song)
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me
softly
With his
song
