Killing Me Softly With His Song

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
But he just kept right on
In all my dark despair
Killing me softly with his song
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
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

Strumming my pain with his fingers
And read each one out loud
Killing me softly with his song
As if I wasn't there
A stranger to my eyes

And there he was, this young boy
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Singing clear and strong
Killing me softly with his song
I prayed that he would finish
Singing my life with his words
Singing my life with his words
I felt all flushed with fever
Killing me softly with his song

I felt he found my letters
But he just kept on singing
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
I heard he had a style

He sang as if he knew me

Killing me softly with his song
Embarrassed by the crowd
Telling my whole life with his words
Telling my whole life with his words

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
I heard he sang a good song
Killing me softly with his song
And so I came to see him
Killing me softly with his song
To listen for a while
And then he looked right through me
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song