| Strumming my pain with his finger
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| Singing my life with his words
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| Telling my own life with his words
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| I heard he sang the good song (good song)
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| I heard he had a style (he had a style)
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| And so I came to see him (To see him)
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| To listen for a while (For a while)
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| And there he was this young boy (There he was this young boy)
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| A stranger to my eyes
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| Strumming my pain with his finger (one time)
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| Singing my life with his words (two time)
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| Telling my own life with his words
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| I felt all flushed with fever (With fever)
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| Embarrassed by the crowd (Embarrassed by the crowd)
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| I felt he found my letters (My letters)
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| And read each one out loud (Out loud)
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| I prayed that he would finish (Finish)
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| But he just kept right on
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| Strumming my pain with his finger (one time)
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| Singing my life with his words (two time)
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| Telling my own life with his words (ah)
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| Strumming my pain with his finger (one time)
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| Singing my life with his words (two times)
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| Killing me softly with his song
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| Telling my own life with his words
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| Killing me softly with his song |