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
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
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
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
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
4
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
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
ohhhh ohhhh ohhhh
ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh
la la la la la la
ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh
la ahh ahhhhhh haaaaaaaaaaaaaa
ha ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh
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
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
Artist: Roberta Flack
Year: 1973
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 186