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.

ah, kill yeah

El Boogie up in here

Raise well up in here ah ah ah

Refugees up in here ah ah ah

One time one time tah yeah

tooh dooh dooh

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 there he was, this young boy,

a stranger to my eye.

Strumming my pain with his fingers,

singing my life with his words.

Killing me softly with his song,

killing me softly with his song.

Tellin' 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'd 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.

Tellin' my whole life with his words.

Killing me softly with his song.

Woah oh oh,

woah oh, oh, oh oh.

La la la, la la la.

Oh oh oh, ah ah ah.

Woah oh oh.

Laaah...

La ah ah, ah ah, ah ah.

Strumming my pain with his fingers,

singing my life with his words.

Killing me softly with his song,

killing me softly with his song.

Tellin' my whole life with his words.

Killing me softly with his song.

Strumming my pain

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

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.