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 And he just kept on 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 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
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 And he just kept on 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 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
Em 1973, a versão de Roberta Flack atingiu o número 1 nos Estados Unidos, Austrália e Canadá, além de chegar ao sexto lugar no UK.
O single das Fugees, em 1996, tornou-se o primeiro a debutar no topo da parada alemã e chegou ao primeiro lugar em vinte países.
A gravação de 1972 de Roberta Flack, remixada em 1996 por Jonathan Peters, conquistou o topo da lista Hot Dance Club Play.
Tanto a versão de Flack quanto a das Fugees foram incluídas na lista revisada de 2021 dos 500 maiores hits da Rolling Stone.
A canção recebeu dois prêmios Grammy em categorias distintas: Record of the Year e Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Flack, 1974) e Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (Fugees, 1997).
A composição foi creditada inicialmente a Charles Fox e Norman Gimbel, porém, após a confirmação da contribuição de Lori Lieberman, a narrativa sobre a origem da música foi alterada em 1997 para minimizar seu papel.
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