Killing Me Softly #1introducing MelancholySoulGirl
A SoundClick #1 song, I had finished this arrangement and sent this Robert Hall to master, then we sent emails back in forth about a girl from Australia with an incredible voice and the rest is history, Irene had many #1 chart toppers.
Story behind the song
I have always loved the chord progression and melody of this song,Norman Gimbal and Charles Fox are geniuses , the songs lyrics were originally written for LA bistro singer Lori Lieberman, Helen Reddy did a version that is just beautiful and you can find it on Youtube, she could have been the first to record this song but she said that she put it aside and forgot about it because she was so busy , but Roberta Flack took this song and made it into a blockbuster that lives on through today
Lyrics
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
Embarassed 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
La La La La
He was strumming my pain
Yeah, he was singing my life
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
Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox