I heard she sang a good song   I heard she had a style   And so I came to see her   To listen for a while      And there she was this young girl   A stranger to my eyes      Strummin' my pain with her fingers   Singin' my life with her words   Killing me softly with her song   Killing me softly, with her song   Telling my whole life with her words   Killing me softly, with her song      I felt all flushed with fever   Embarrassed by the crowd   I felt she found my letters   And read each one aloud      I prayed that she would finish   But she just kept right on      Strummin' my pain with her fingers   Singin' my life with her words   Killing me softly with her song   Killing me softly, with her song   Telling my whole life with her 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 she was there, this stranger   Singing clear and strong      Strummin' my pain with her fingers   Singin' my life with her words   Killing me softly with her song   Killing me softly, with her song   Telling my whole life with her words   Killing me softly, with her song      Killing me softly, with her song