| Strumming my pain with his fingers
| Rasgando mi dolor con sus dedos
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| Singing my life with his words
| Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Telling my whole life with his words
| Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style
| Escuché que cantaba una buena canción, escuché que tenía un estilo
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| And so I came to see him to listen for a while
| Y entonces vine a verlo para escuchar por un rato
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| And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
| Y allí estaba este joven, un extraño a mis ojos
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| Strumming my pain with his fingers
| Rasgando mi dolor con sus dedos
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| Singing my life with his words
| Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Telling my whole life with his words
| Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
| Me sentí todo enrojecido por la fiebre, avergonzado por la multitud.
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| I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud
| Sentí que encontró mis cartas y leyó cada una en voz alta.
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| I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on
| Recé para que terminara, pero siguió adelante.
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| Strumming my pain with his fingers
| Rasgando mi dolor con sus dedos
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| Singing my life with his words
| Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Telling my whole life with his words
| Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
| Cantó como si me conociera en toda mi oscura desesperación.
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| And then he looked right through me as if I wasn’t there
| Y luego miró a través de mí como si yo no estuviera allí.
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| And he just kept on singing, singing clear and strong
| Y siguió cantando, cantando claro y fuerte
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| Strumming my pain with his fingers
| Rasgando mi dolor con sus dedos
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| Singing my life with his words
| Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Telling my whole life with his words
| Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| He was strumming my pain, yeah, he was singing my life
| Él estaba tocando mi dolor, sí, estaba cantando mi vida
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| Telling my whole life with his words
| Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
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| Killing me softly with his song
| Matándome suavemente con su canción
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| With his song | con su cancion |