Strummin' my pain with his fingers
Singin' my life with his words
Killin' me softly with his song
killin' me softly,
With his song tellin' my whole life,
With his words killin' me softly
With his song.
Instrumental
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so i came to see him
to listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
A stranger to my eye
Strummin' my pain with his fingers
Singin' my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
killing me softly
With his song tellin' 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 found my letters
And read each one out loud
I pray 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 me softly
With his song tellin' 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 wasn't there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong
Strummin' my pain with his fingers
Singin' my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
killing me softly
With his song tellin' my whole life
With his words killing me softly
With his song
Ooohhhh... oooohhhh...
La.la.la.la.la.la.
Oooohhh.ooooohhh...
La ahhh...
La.la.la.la.la.la.la.la.la.
Strummin' my pain with his fingers
Singin' my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly
With his song tellin' my whole life
With his words killing me softly
He was strummin' my pain
Yeah he was singing my life
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly
With his song tellin' my whole life
With his words killing me softly
With his song