Chorus 1

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

Verse

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 2

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

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

Verse

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

Interlude

Ooooh oh ohhh

Oh oh oh- - - ohhh- - - oh oh oh- - - ohhh

La la la, la la la

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

La aaa ah aaaah

La ah-ah ah-ah aah