[Chorus]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly, yeah, with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing meeeeeee
Softly
Ohhhh, with his song
Ooh...

[Verse 1]
I heard he sang a good song
And I heard he had a style
And so I went to see him
To listen for a while
And there he was this stranger
There before my eyes

[Chorus]
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 2]
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he'd found my letters
And read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish, oh no
But he just kept right on

[Chorus]
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 3]
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
I was right there
But he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong, oohhh

[Chorus]
Strumming my pain with his fingers (Singing)
Singing my life with his words (I should've been stronger)
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly (softly) with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly (softly) with his song
[Bridge]
Oh...gotta be stronger...
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Oh my my my...

[Chorus]
Strumming my pain with his fingers (Yes he was)
Singing my life with his words (Wish I was stronger)
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words (Every day I remember)
Killing me softly with his song

[Outro]
I still remember...
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