Strumming my pain his fingers, singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song, me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words, killing me with his song
I heard he sang a good song, I he had a style And so I came to see him to listen for a And there he was this boy, a stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life his words Killing me softly with his song, me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly his song
I all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd I felt he found my letters and each one out loud I prayed that he would finish but he just right on
my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song, me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly his song
He sang as if he me in all my dark despair And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't And he just on singing, singing clear and strong
Strumming my pain his fingers, singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly his song Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his
Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his Killing me softly with his song, me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words, me
He was my pain, yeah, he was singing my life Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his Telling my whole life with his words, killing me with his song