Killing me Softly

Roberta Flack

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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

 

MUSIQUE MUSIQUE MUSIQUE MUSIQUE

 


COUPLET
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

 

REFRAIN
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

 

COUPLET
I Felt All Flushed With Fever, Embarassed 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

 

REFRAIN
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

 

COUPLET
He Sang As If He Knew Me In All My Dark Despair
And Then He Looked Right Through Me As If I Wasn’t There
But He Was There, This Stranger, Singing Clear And Loud

 

REFRAIN
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

 

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Oh oh oh oh

 

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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