Struming 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 And listen for a while And there he was this young Boy A stranger to my eyes Struming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softy 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 letter And read each one out loud I prayed that he would finish But he just kept right on Struming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softy 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 knew me In all my darkness fair And then he looked right through me As if I wasn't there And he just kept on singing Singing clear and strong Struming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softy with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life With his words Killing me softly with his song Struming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softy with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life With his words Killing me (softly) He was strumming my pain Yeah he was singing 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