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 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 with his song
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
But he just came to singing, singing clear and strong
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
Written by Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel • Copyright © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group
℗ 1996 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1996-02-12
Composer, Lyricist: N. Gimble
Composer, Lyricist: C. Fox
Background Vocal, Vocal Arranger, Producer: Lauryn Hill / 蘿倫希爾
Composer, Lyricist: Norman Gimble
Producer, Recording Engineer: Wyclef Jean / 懷克里夫金
Composer, Lyricist: Charles Fox / Charles Fox / チャールスフォックス
Co- Producer: Prakazrel
Co- Producer: Jerry Duplessis
Engineer, Recording Engineer: Warren Riker