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