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
One two three uh
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
And listen for a while
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
Yeah yeah yeah yeah ooh
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters and read each one aloud
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
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La la la la la la la la
Oh oh oh
La da da da da da da
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