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 bwoy, stranger to my eyes,
 [bad word] 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 [bad word] 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