Killing Me Softly

Intro

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

Instrumental

Verse 1

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

Chorus

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

Verse 2

I felt all flushed with fever, embarassed 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

Chorus

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

Verse 3

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 singing singing clear and strong

Chorus

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

Chorus with humming

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

Chorus

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

Chorus

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