come I _herd_ 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 her fingers _Singing_my life with his words Killing me softly with her song Killing me softly with her 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_ she _found_ my letters and _read_ each one out loud 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 her song 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 But he _ just_ there the stranger _singing_ clear and strong 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 Killing me softly, with his song