Roberta Flack - In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra | movie | 2012 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

From her humble beginnings in Arlington, Virginia, Roberta Flack rose to global stardom with her soulful renditions of T | dG1faWU1V0kxTWFRWkE

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00:00Strumming my pain with his fingers

00:24Singing my life with his words

00:28Killing me softly with his song

00:31Killing me softly with his song

00:35Telling my whole life with his words

00:39Killing me softly with his song

00:47I heard he sang a good song

01:06I heard he had a style

01:09And so I came to see him

01:12To listen for a while

01:16And there he was, this young boy

01:20A stranger to my eyes

01:23Strumming my pain with his fingers

01:26Singing my life with his words

01:29Killing me softly with his song

01:32Killing me softly with his song

01:36Telling my whole life with his words

01:39Killing me softly with his song

01:44I felt all flushed with fever

01:50Embarrassed by the crowd

01:54I felt he found my letters

01:57Read each one out loud

02:00I prayed that he would finish

02:05What he just kept right on

02:08Strumming my pain with his fingers

02:11Singing my life with his words

02:14Killing me softly with his song

02:17Killing me softly with his song

02:21He sang as if he knew me

02:36In all my dark despair

02:39And then he looked right through me

02:42As if I was there

02:45And he just kept on singing

02:49Singing, singing clear, strong

02:53Strumming my pain with his fingers