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) yeah, yeah, yeah
This is why
(Ooh yeah)
(Ah) one time, one time, one time
Hey yo L, you know you got the lyrics

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
Stranger to my eyes

Strumming my pain with his fingers (One time, one time)
Singing my life with his words (Two times, two times)
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

I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he 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 (One time, one time)
Singing my life with his words (Two times, two times)
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

Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
La la la la la la

Whoa
La
Whoa
La

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
La ah aha ah ah

Strumming my pain with his fingers (Yes, he would sing)
Singing my life with his words (Ah)
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song (Hey)
Telling my whole life with his words