Song Day! Killing Me Softly With His Song

Killing Me Softly With His Song by Roberta Flack

This is a recent re-write, which is somewhat surprising when you consider how old the song is. I see that is has been done by many different artists so I hope most of you are familiar with it. My changes are in caps.

DOUSING THE FLAME with THREE fingers
DROWNING MYSELF IN THE DRINK
Killing me softly with WHISKEY
Killing me softly with THIS DRUG
SELLING my whole life TO DISEASE
THAT'S Killing me softly
With ITS LIES...

ooooo....

I heard A DRINK SMOOTHED THINGS OVER
I THOUGHT IT GAVE ME style
So I came to see and PLAY IT for awhile
AT FIRST I WAS A young boy
THEN A stranger to my OWN eyes...

DOUSING THE FLAME with THREE fingers
DROWNING MYSELF IN THE DRINK
Killing me softly with WHISKEY
Killing me softly with THIS DRUG
SELLING my whole life TO DISEASE
THAT'S Killing me softly
With ITS LIES...

I felt all flushed with fever
EMBOLDENED by the crowd
THEN, ASHAMED AT MY BEHAVIOR, I MADE A SOLEMN VOW
I prayed that I'D STOP DRINKING
But I just kept right on...

DOUSING THE FLAME with THREE fingers
DROWNING MYSELF IN THE DRINK
Killing me softly with WHISKEY
Killing me softly with THIS DRUG
SELLING my whole life TO DISEASE
THAT'S Killing me softly
With ITS LIES...

I DRANK WHEN I WAS HAPPY
I DRANK IN dark despair
And THE DISEASE TOOK OVER as if I wasn't there
And IT just kept CONSUMING,
'TIL ALL I LOVED WAS GONE...

DOUSING THE FLAME with THREE fingers
DROWNING MYSELF IN THE DRINK
Killing me softly with WHISKEY
Killing me softly with THIS DRUG
SELLING my whole life TO DISEASE
THAT'S Killing me softly
With ITS LIES...

oooooo....la la la la la la.....ooooooooooo...la la laaaaa.la la la laaaaa

DOUSING THE FLAME with THREE fingers
DROWNING MYSELF IN THE DRINK
Killing me softly with WHISKEY
Killing me softly with THIS DRUG
SELLING my whole life TO DISEASE
THAT'S Killing me softly
With ITS LIES...

THOUGHT I WAS NUMBING my pain
WHILE IT was STEALING my life
Killing me softly with WHISKEY
Killing me softly with THIS DRUG
I GAVE ALL TO DISEASE
THAT KILLED ME FINALLY
WITH IT'S LIES...

Have a good and sober day.