[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 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, a young boy
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
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters
And read each onе out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kеpt 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

[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
He was strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his song
Killing—