I heard he sang a good song I heard he had a style I heard he sang a good song I heard he had a style eu ouvi dizer que ele cantava uma boa canção Eu ouvi dizer que ele tinha um estilo and so I came to see him and so I came to see him E então eu vim vê-lo to listen for a while to listen for a while para ouvil-lo por um momento and there he was this young boy and there he was this young boy E la estava ele este menino a stranger to my eyes a stranger to my eyes um estanho para meus olhos *Strumming my pain with his fingers *Strumming my pain with his fingers Dedilhando mionha dor com seus dedos singing my life with his words singing my life with his words cantando minha vida com suas palavras killing me softly with his song (x2) killing me softly with his song (x2) Matando-me suavemente com suas canção telling my whole life with his words telling my whole life with his words contando minha vidainteira com suas palavras Killing me softly with his song. Killing me softly with his song. matando-me suavemente com suas canção I felt all flushed with fever I felt all flushed with fever eu senti toda vermelha de febre embarrassed by the crowd embarrassed by the crowd ambarassado pela multidão I felt he found my letters I felt he found my letters Eu senti que ele encontrou minhas cartas and read each one out loud and read each one out loud e leu cada uma em voz alta I prayed that he would finish I prayed that he would finish Eu rezei para que ele acabasse but he just kept right on* but he just kept right on* mas ele apenas continuou He sang as if he knew me He sang as if he knew me Ele cantava com se me conhecesse in all my dark despair in all my dark despair em todo meu profundo desespero and then he looked right through me and then he looked right through me e então ele olhou-me atraves de mim as if I wasn’t there as if I wasn’t there como se eu não estivesse lá and he just kept on singing and he just kept on singing e ele apenas continuou cantando singing clear and strong* singing clear and strong* cantando claro e forte