Ray Conniff
There was a girl
A very pretty girl
Oh, but she was lonely, lonely
I can see her now
I can hear her cry
I can feel her reaching out
Wishing there were someone by her side
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
There was a girl
A very pretty girl
Oh, but she was lonely, lonely
I can see her now
I can hear her cry
I can feel her reaching out
Wishing there were someone by her side
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
But he was there a stranger
He was 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
There was a girl
A very pretty girl
Oh, but she was lonely, lonely
I can see her now
I can hear her cry
I can feel her reaching out
Wishing there were someone by her side
Killing me softly with his song
I can feel her reaching out
Wishing there were someone by her side