[00:24.200]I heard she sang a good song[00:27.510][00:28.760]I heard she had a style[00:31.260][00:33.380]And so I came to see her[00:38.470]To listen for a while[00:41.710][00:43.400]And there she was this young girl[00:47.270][00:48.680]A stranger to my eyes[00:53.820]Strummin' my pain with her fingers[00:56.970][01:00.360]Singin' my life with her words[01:03.260][01:04.570]Killing me softly with her song[01:08.170]Killing me softly with her song[01:12.800]Telling my whole life with her words[01:17.610]Killing me softly with her song[01:26.220][01:30.990]I felt all flushed with fever[01:37.380]Embarrassed by the crowd[01:39.660][01:41.510]I felt she found my letters[01:48.070]And read each one out loud[01:50.100][01:53.300]I prayed that she would finish[02:00.510]But she just kept right on[02:03.350]Strummin' my pain with her fingers[02:09.360]Singin' my life with her words[02:14.170]Killing me softly with her song[02:18.340]Killing me softly with her song[02:23.500]Telling my whole life with her words[02:28.190]Killing me softly with her song[02:37.250][02:40.890]She sang as if she knew me[02:46.830]In all my dark despair[02:49.610][02:51.520]And then she looked right through me[02:56.810]As if I wasn't there[03:00.750][03:02.630]But she was there this stranger[03:07.390]Singing clear and strong[03:10.950]Strummin' my pain with her fingers[03:17.310]Singin' my life with her words[03:22.600]Killing me softly with her song[03:26.700]Killing me softly with her song[03:34.020]Telling my whole life with her words[03:37.450]Killing me softly with her song[03:45.970]