Killing Me Softly with His Song

Telling my whole life with his words, killing me
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song
I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd

And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
He was strumming my pain, yeah, he was singing my life
Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there

Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song
Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words
Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on
Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
And so I came to see him to listen for a while
I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style
He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
Strumming my pain with his fingers, 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

Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song

I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song
And he just kept on singing, singing clear and strong