The single would go on to be featured in Flack's 1973 album Killing Me Softly and Flack's rendition of the song, recorded in 1972 and released in 1973, won the Grammy Award for the Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1974. Roberta Flack's version gave the song an edge that was ambitious yet controlled, which was 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 Am7 D7 I prayed that she would finish, G B7 But she just kept right on . . . [Chorus] Em Am Strummin' my pain with her fingers, D7 G Singin' my life with her words, Em A Killing me softly with her song, D C Killing me softly, with her song, G C Telling my whole life with her words, Fmaj7b5 E Killing me softly, with her song Am7 D She sang as if Lucy Grau tambien conocida como Lucy la Voz y como la Diva de Miami es la nueva revelacion de la salsa nacida en Miami.A pesar que Lucy Grau se dedica a la m Killing Me Softly: 監督: チェン・カイコー: 脚本: カラ・リンドストロム: 原作: ニッキ・フレンチ: 製作: マイケル・チニック ジョー・メジャック リンダ・マイルズ: 製作総指揮: アイヴァン・ライトマン ダニエル・ゴールドバーグ: 出演者: ヘザー・グラハム Killing Me Softly With His Song - Fugees Reggae (karaoke version)covering your favorite reggae song into reggae karaokecrafted by truly yours, please don't r As Lieberman explains in the above video starting at around the 3:30 mark while actor Tony Curtis holds her guitar, "Killing Me Softly with His Song" was inspired by her reaction to hearing Don McLean's song, "Empty Chairs.". Lieberman first heard McLean singing "Empty Chairs" at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, and it affected her Needing a connection but not finding it: 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' is not a story of a romance gone wrong, it's a song about unrequited love and the power of experiencing song in the flesh. And it couldn't be sung more beautifully, with such anguish and yearning than when Roberta Flack lent her voice to the lyrics. Roberta Flack facts The Meaning Of Killing Me Softly. Many people mistake the lyrics to this song to be a metaphor for a guy who is playing with a girl's emotions in a relationship. But the words of the song literally tell the story of how Lori felt when Don McLean was performing his song "Empty Chairs". The song by Don is actually inspired by the famous Van Gogh I heard she sang a good song,I heard she had a style.And so I came to see herAnd listen for a while.And there she was this young girl,A stranger to my eyes.S piXaP.