[Chorus: Hannah, Nina, & Kaylah]
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

[Verse 1: Kaedi, Nina, Hannah & Kaylah]
One, two, three, uh
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
And listen for a while (And listen for a while, oh)
And there he was this young boy
Stranger to my eyes (Stranger to my eyes)

[Chorus: Nina, Hannah & Kaylah, Nina, Hannah, & Kaedi]
Strumming my pain with his fingers (Oh, strumming my pain)
Singing my life with his words (Singing my life with his words)
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song (Killing me softly, whoa)
Telling my whole life with his words (Telling my whole life with his words)
Killing me softly with his song, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh

[Verse 2: Kaylah, Nina & Hannah]
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters and read each one aloud (Read each one aloud, oh)
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on (Kept right on)
[Chorus: Kaylah, Nina & Hannah, Nina, Hannah, & Kaedi, Kaylah, Hannah, & Nina]
Strumming my pain with his fingers (Strumming my pain)
Singing my life with his words (Singing my life, oh)
Killing me softly with his song (Killing me softly)
Killing me softly with his song (Killing me softly, oh)
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

[Bridge]
[Kaylah]: Oh
[Nina]: Oh
[Hannah]: Oh
[Kaedi]: Oh
[Kaylah, Nina, & Hannah]: Whoa, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Oh, oh, oh
La-da-da
Oh, oh, oh
La-da-da-da-da-da
[Kaylah]: (Ooh)
[Kaylah, Nina, Hannah, & Kaedi]: Ah, with his song, oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa

[Chorus: Nina, Hannah, & Kaedi, Kaylah, Nina, Hannah, Kaedi, & Kaylah]
Strumming my pain with his fingers (Strumming my pain)
Singing my life with his words, oh (He was singing my life, oh)
Killing me softly with his song (Oh)
Killing me softly with his song (Oh, his song)
Telling my whole life with his words (Whole life with his words)
Killing me softly with his song