Brenda Lee — Killing Me Softly With His Song

[Verse 1: Brenda Lee] 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 [Verse 2: Brenda Lee] 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 [Refrain: Brenda Lee, Brenda Lee & backing singers] 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. [Verse 3: Brenda Lee] I felt all flushed with fever Embarrassed by a 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 [Refrain: Brenda Lee, Brenda Lee & backing singers] 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. [Verse 4: Brenda Lee] He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair And then he looked right through me As if I wasn't there Oh, there he was this stranger Singing clear and strong [Refrain: Brenda Lee, Brenda Lee & backing singers] And, 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. [Instrumental] [Refrain: Brenda Lee, Brenda Lee & backing singers] Oh, He was 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... [Refrain: Brenda Lee, backing singers, Brenda Lee & backing singers] Whoa-oh Strumming my pain with his fingers Whoa-wo-oh-oh-oh-oh Singing my life with his words Na-na-na-na Killing me softly with his song Ohhhhhhhhh - wo- ohhh Killing me softly with his song Just killing me softly Telling my whole life With his words Killing me softly Killing me softly With His Song [Outro: Brenda Lee, backing singers] Strumming my pain with his fingers Who-ooo-ooo-ooo Singing my life with his words Ooo-oooo-ooo Killing me softly with his song Oo-oo-oo Killing me softly with his song Whoa-oo Telling my whole life He was killing me