Introd.: ( - Four times)    I heard she sang a good song I heards He 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 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 Refrain I fel tall flus hed with fever embarrassed by the crowd I felt she found my letters and read each one out lou I prayed thats he would finish but she just kept right on Strumming my pain with her fingers  singing my life with her words Killing me softly with her song  killing me softly with her song   Refrain She sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair And then she looked right through me as if I wasn’t there But she was there the strangers singing clear and strong Strumming my pain with her fingers  singing my life with her words Killing me softly with her song  killing me softly with her song   Refrain I felt all flushed with fever embarrassed by the crowd I felt she found my letter sand read each one out loud I prayed that she would finish but she just kep tright on                      killing me softly with her song