🎸 [F# B C#m G#m E] Chords for Killing Me Softly With Her Song ( 1973 ) - PERRY COMO - Lyrics. Discover Guides on Key, BPM, and letter notes. Perfect for guitar, piano, ukulele & more! Killing me softly, with her song, Telling my whole life with her words, Killing me softly, with her song She sang as if she knew me, In all my dark despair, And then she looked right through me, As if I wasn't there But she was there, this stranger, Singing clear and strong 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 aloud I prayed that she would finish But she just kept right on Strummin' my pain with her fingers It's impossible, tell the sun to leave the sky, it's just impossible It's impossible, ask a baby not to cry, it's just impossible Can I hold you closer to me and not feel you goin' through me? Split the second that I never think of you, oh, how impossible Can the ocean keep from rushin' to the shore, it's just impossible If I had you, could I The lyrics are supposedly about the loss of a loved one through break-up, or even through death. Every word he sang was 'killing her & breaking her down'. It affected her so strongly that she promptly began to write a poem about it on a napkin. This song hit home with her as it was extremely relevant to what she was going through in her life at 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 .

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