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Artist: Johnny Mathis
Canonical path: /johnny-mathis/killing-me-softly
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Killing Me Softly
Read Killing Me Softly lyrics by Johnny Mathis on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Killing Me Softly
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I heard she sang a good song, I heard she had a style
And so I came to see her and listen for a while
And there she was this young girl, a stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with her fingers
Singing my life with her words
Killing me softly with her song
Killing me softly with her song
Telling my whole life with her words
Killing me softly with her song
I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
I felt she found my letters and read each one out loud
I prayed that she would finish but she just kept right on
Strumming my pain with her fingers
Singing my life with her words
Killing me softly with her song
Killing me softly with her song
Telling my whole life with her words
Killing me softly with her song
She sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
But then she looked right through me as if I wasn't there
And she just carried on singing, singing clear and strong
Strumming my pain with her fingers
Singing my life with her words
Killing me softly with her song
Killing me softly with her song
Telling my whole life with her words
Killing me softly with her song
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