Song: Killing Me Softly With His Song ~~ 1973 ~~ 4:49
Artist: Roberta Flack
LP/CD: Killing Me Softly ~~ Atlantic ~~ 1973
Composers: Fox~Gimbel

Also recorded by: (1) Al B. Sure! (2) Fugees Refugee Camp

Strummin’ my pain with his fingers
Singin’ 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 heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
To listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
A stranger to my eyes

Strummin’ 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 out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on

Strummin’ my pain with his fingers
Singin’ 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

He sang as if she knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me
As if I wasn’t there
And he just kept on singin’
Singin’ clear and strong

Strummin’ my pain with his fingers
Singin’ 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...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...
La-la-la-la-la-la ho...ho...ho...oh...ho...ho...
La...ha...la...

Strummin’ my pain with his fingers
Singin’ 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

He was strummin’ my pain
Yeah, he was singin’ my life
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me with his song

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: September 14, 2003