KILLING ME SOFTLY
DUO:

Strumming my pain with her fingers

Singing my life with her song

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.
JOHNNY:

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.
DUO:

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.
JOE:

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.
DUO:

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.
JOHNNY:

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.

And she just kept on singing

Singing clear and strong.
DUO:

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 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.