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Matándome suavemente

Vanessa Jackson

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 (yeah)
Telling my whole life with his words (whole life, his words)
Killing me

Matándome suavemente

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

Oí que cantaba una buena canción, oí que tenía un estilo
Así que vine a verlo y a escucharlo un rato
Y allí estaba él, este joven, un extraño para mis ojos

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

Me sentí llena de fiebre, avergonzada por la multitud
Sentí que encontró mis cartas, y las leía en voz alta
Recé para que terminara, pero siguió adelante

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

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

Rasgueando 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)
Contar toda mi vida con sus palabras (toda la vida, sus palabras)
Matándome

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