Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly Lyrics


Roberta Flack Lyrics

Killing Me Softly Lyrics
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

[LAURYN]
One time, One time, (one time) hey yo L you know you got the lyrics
I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style,
And so I came to see him and listen for a while.
And there he was this young boy, stranger to my eyes,
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
(one time,one time)
Singing my life with his words,
(two times. two times)
Killing me softly with this 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 then read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish,
But he just kept right on-
Strumming my pain with his fingers, (One Time, one time!)
Singing my life with his words, (Two Times, two times!)
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly
With his song,
Tellin' my whole life
With his words,
Killing me softly, with his song

[CLEF]
Yo L-Boogie, boy L boy L, take it to the bridge

[LAURYN]
(busted)
wooahhh......woooooahh.....la la la la la la ....wooooah.. laaaaahhh... woooah..laaaaahhh Ah ah Ah ah Ah ah Ah
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
yes he was 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.
[Lauryn fading out]
Strummin' my pain
YEAAA yea yeaaaaa


[Wyclef]
Yo,put cha hands together for l L boogie yah yaey yaey
l boogie up in here (u know how we do)
[shoutouts and fade]

Killing Me Softly Info:

• Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel share writing credits on the song. It was originally performed by Roberta Flack in 1973.

• The song is based on a poem by Lori Lieberman entitled 'Killing Me Softly with His Blues' and is about seeing Don Maclean perform 'Empty Chairs' in concert.

• The Fugees cover version was released in May of 1996 and samples 'Bonita Applebum' by A Tribe Called Quest. It topped the UK Singles chart and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.

• You can hear this song in the 2002 film 'About a Boy'.




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