Intro: ) - (4x) I heard shes ang a good song, I heard she had a style And so I came to see her and listen for a while And theres He 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 hersong Refrain I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd I felt she found my letter sand read each one out loud I prayed that she would finish but she just kep tright 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 Refrain She sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair And then she looked right through me as if I wasn't there But she was there the strangers, 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 Refrain I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd I felts He found my letters and read each one out loud I prayed that she would finish but she just kept right on killing me softly with her song