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 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
She was 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 was strumming
my pain with her fingers
oh, 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
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