Strummin my
pain with his fingers
Singin 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 wa
s this young boy
A stranger to my eyes
Strummin my pain
with his fingers
Singin 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
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters
And read each
one out loud
I prayed that he
would finish
But he just kept right on
Strummin my pain
with his fingers
Singin my life
with his words
Killing me softly
with his song
Killing softly with his song
telling my whole life
With his words killing me
softly with his song
Strummin my pain
with his fingers
Singin 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