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 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
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 new me
In all that dark dispere
And then he looked right trouh me
As if i wasn't there
And he just kept on singing
Singing 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
La la la la la
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
La la la
La la la la la
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

He was strong and with pain
Yeah he was see'n my life
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