Roberta Flack - 75 anos!

Roberta Flack (Asheville, Carolina do Norte, 10 de fevereiro de 1937) é uma cantora, pianista e compositora norteamericana.

Roberta Flack, uma das vozes mais afinadas da década de 70, nasceu na Carolina do Norte em 1939, numa família de músicos. Começou a estudar piano desde cedo, assim como a desenvolver sua voz.

Formada em música pela Universidade de Howard, cantava nos "pubs" de Washington quando foi contratada pela Atlantic Records, em 1969. Seu primeiro LP, First Take, teve uma certa repercussão, mas o sucesso veio com os compactos "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" e "Killing Me Softly With His Song". Em 1977 gravou, com Donny Hathaway, o sucesso "The Closer I Get To You". Considerada uma cantora soul, Roberta Flack revela influências jazzísticas e até clássicas em seu estilo pianístico.

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Killing me softly with his song - Roberta Flack

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

He sang as if he knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me
As if I wasn't there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong

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


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

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