Killing Me Softly
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
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
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
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed 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
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
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 words
Matándome en voz baja
Rasguando mi dolor con los dedos
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contar toda mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Escuché que cantaba una buena canción
Escuché que tenía un estilo
Así que vine a verlo
Escuchar un rato
Y ahí estaba, este joven muchacho
Un extraño a mis ojos
Rasguando mi dolor con los dedos
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contar toda mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Me sentí toda enrojecida de fiebre
Avergonzado por la multitud
Sentí que había encontrado mis cartas
Y lee cada uno en voz alta
Recé para que terminara
Pero se mantuvo justo en
Rasguando mi dolor con los dedos
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contar toda mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente
Rasguando mi dolor con los dedos
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contar toda mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente, con sus palabras