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