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

oooooo


I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style

And so I came to see him and listen for awhile
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
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud

I pray 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

He sang as if he knew me

In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me as if I was not there
And he just kept on singing,

Singing clear and strong

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


oooooo
la la la la la la

oooooo
la la laaaaa.
la la la laaaaa


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


He was strumming my pain
Yeah he was singing my life
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