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Matándome Suavemente

Graça Cunha

Killing Me Softly

Strumming my pain with his fingers (one time)
Singing my life with his words (two times)
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, and listen for a while
And there he was, this young boy, a stranger to my eyes

Strumming my pain with his fingers (one time)
Singing my life with his words (two times)
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

Strumming my pain with his fingers (one time)
Singing my life with his words (two times)
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

Oh, oh, oh
La, la, la, la

Strumming my pain with his fingers (yes he was singing my life)
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song (yeahh)
Telling my whole life with his words (whole life, his words)
Killing me

Matándome Suavemente

Tocando mi dolor con sus dedos (una vez)
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras (dos veces)
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contando toda mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente, con su canción

Escuché que cantaba una buena canción, escuché que tenía estilo
Así que vine a verlo, y escuchar por un rato
Y allí estaba, este joven muchacho, un extraño para mis ojos

Tocando mi dolor con sus dedos (una vez)
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras (dos veces)
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contando toda mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente, con su canción

Me sentí ruborizada de fiebre, avergonzada por la multitud
Sentí que encontró mis cartas, y leyó cada una en voz alta
Recé para que terminara, pero él simplemente siguió

Tocando mi dolor con sus dedos (una vez)
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras (dos veces)
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Contando toda mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente, con su canción

Oh, oh, oh
La, la, la, la

Tocando mi dolor con sus dedos (sí, él estaba cantando mi vida)
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Matándome suavemente con su canción (sí)
Contando toda mi vida con sus palabras (toda mi vida, sus palabras)
Matándome

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