I heard she sang a good song

I heard she had a style

And so I came to see her

And listen for a while

And there she was this young girl

A stranger to my eyes

Strumming my pain with her fingers

Singing my life with her words

Killing me softly with her song

Killing me softly with her song

Telling my whole life with her words

Killing me softly with her song

I felt all flushed with fever

Embarrassed by the crowd

I felt she found my letters and

Read each one out loud

I prayed that she would finish but

She just kept right on

Strumming my pain with her fingers

Singing my life with her words

Killing me softly with her song

Killing me softly with her song

Telling my whole life with her words

Killing me softly with her song

She sang as if she knew me

In all my dark despair

And then she looked right through me

As if I wasn't there

But she was there this stranger

Singing clear and strong

Strumming my pain with her fingers

Singing my life with her words

Killing me softly with her song

Killing me softly with her song

Telling my whole life with her words

Killing me softly with her song