Strumming my pain with his fingers

Singing my life with his words

Killing me softly with his songKilling me softly with his song

Telling my whole life

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

Oh-ah, la-la-la...

Oh-oh-oh, la-la-la...

La-la-la...

Oh-oh-oh, la-la-la...

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

Telling my whole life with his words

Killing me softly with his song

Oh-ah, la-la-la...

Oh-oh-oh, la-la-la...

La-la-la...

Oh-oh-oh, la-la-la...