Strumming my pain
with her fingers
singing my life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
killing me softly
with her song
Telling my whole life
with her words
killing me softly
with her song
I heard she sang
a good song
I heard she
had a style
And so I came
to see her
and listen for a while
And there she was
this young girl
a stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain
with her fingers
singing my life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
killing me softly
with her song
Telling my whole life
with her words
killing me softly
with her song
I felt all flushed
with fever
embarrassed by
the crowd
I felt she found
my letters
and read each one
out loud
I prayed that she
would finish
but she just kept
right on
Strumming my pain
with her fingers
singing my life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
Killing me softly
with her song
telling my whole life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
She sang as if
she knew me
in all my dark despair
And then she looked
right through me
as if I wasn't there
But she was there
this stranger
singing clear
and strong
Strumming my pain
with her fingers
singing my life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
Killing me softly
with her song
telling my whole life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
She was strumming
my pain with
her fingers
singing my life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
Killing me softly
with her song
telling my whole life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
She was strumming
my pain with
her fingers
woah singing my life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
Killing me softly
with her song
telling my whole life
with her words
Killing me softly
with her song
Woah.... woah....
La la la..