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 



Hi, yo yea yea. now this is wyclef refugee 

el boogie up in here (doo dooo doo doo) 

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, a stranger to my eyes 



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 



I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd 

I felt he found my letters, and read each one aloud 

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 



ohh oh oh oh... ohhhhhhhhhh 

aahhh la la ah ah ah ah..... 

la la la la la la ohhhhh la la ah 

oh oh oh laaaaaa ahhhhhhhhhh 



Strumming my pain with his fingers 

(yes he was) 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 

strummin my pain. yeyeyeyeye