And he just kept on singing, singing clear and strong
Telling my whole life with his words
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
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
Telling my whole life with his words
Telling my whole life with his words
Telling my whole life with his words
I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on
I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Strumming my pain with his fingers
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud
Yeah he was seeing my life
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Killing me softly with his song
He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
He was strong in my face
Singing my life with his words
And so I came to see him to listen for a while
Killing me
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
Killing me softly with his song
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Telling my whole life with his words