[00:01.318]strumming my pain with his fingers,
[00:05.232]singing my life with his words,
[00:10.517]killing me softly with his song,
[00:14.460]killing me softly with his song,
[00:19.668]telling my whole life with his words,
[00:24.754]killing me softly with his song.
[00:58.55]i heard he sang a good song,
[01:03.146]i heard he had a style,
[01:08.356]and so i came to see him and listen for a while.
[01:18.754]and there he was this young boy,
[01:24.305]stranger to my eyes,
[01:28.206]strumming my pain with his fingers,
[01:33.397]singing my life with his words,
[01:38.605]killing me softly with his song,
[01:42.455]killing me softly with his song,
[01:47.703]telling my whole life with his words,
[01:52.855]killing me softly with his song.
[02:05.638]i felt all flushed with fever,
[02:10.796]embarrassed by the crowd,
[02:15.939]i felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.
[02:26.326]i prayed that he would finish,
[02:31.742]but he just kept right on strumming my pain with his fingers,
[02:40.921]singing my life with his words,
[02:46.130]killing me softly with his song,
[02:49.960]killing me softly with his song,
[02:55.191]telling my whole life with his words,
[03:00.297]killing me softly with his song
[03:12.415]oh ~
[03:22.539]la la la la la oh~~
[03:27.673]la~
[03:32.396]oh~la~la~
[03:48.510]he was strumming my pain ,
[03:52.717]yeah,he was singing my life
[03:55.484]killing me softly with his song,
[04:02.749]killing me softly with his song,
[04:07.901]telling my whole life with his words,
[04:13.102]killing me softly with his song.