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 ho oh
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
and listen for awhile
And there he was
this young boy
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
Wo oh oh oh oh oh oh
Wo oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
La la la la la la
Wo oh oh
La ah la
Wo oh oh
La ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
La ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Killing me
He was killing me killing me
Killing me softly
Oh oh ho yeah heh eah
Wo oh oh
with his song
Telling my whole life
with his words
Killing me softly
with his song
Strumming my pain
Oh he was
singing my whole life
La la la la
La la la la
La ah la
Wo oh oh
La ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
La ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Oh killing me killing me
Yeah he was singing singing
Singing my whole life
La la la la
Oh he was killing me softly
with his song
Telling my whole life
with his words
Killing me softly
with his song