Strummin' my pain
with his fingers
Singin' my life
with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life
Killing me softly
with his song
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 eyes
Strumming my pain
with his fingers
Singing my life
with his words
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 all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters
And read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on
Strumming my pain
with his fingers
Singing my life
with his words
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
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 singin
Singin clear and strong
Strumming my pain
with his fingers
Singing my life
with his words
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
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La la la la la la
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La ah ah ah ah ah ah
Oh oh oh
La ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
Strumming my pain
with his fingers
Singing my life
with his words
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