Strange Fruit

Lyrics

[Intro: Nona Hendryx & Martin Luther King Jr.] (I have a dream this afternoon that the brotherhood of man will become a reality in this day, with this faith I will go out and carve a tunnel of hope through the mountain of despair, with this faith I will go out with you and transform dark yesterdays Into bright tomorrows) (ooooh-woooo-oooh) (With this faith we will be able to achieve this new day) [Verse 1] Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves, blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Oooh-woooo-oooh [Verse 2] Pastoral scene of the gallant south Big bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolia, clean and fresh And the sudden smell of burning flesh (I have a dream this afternoon) (ooh-ooh-woooh-ooh-hooo) (I have a dream this afternoon) Ooh-ooh-woooh-ooh-hooo [Bridge] (I have a dream this afternoon that the brotherhood of man will become a reality in this day When all of God's children) (strange fruit) (Black men and white men Jews and gentiles Protestants and catholics Will be able to join hands And sing with the negroes in the spiritual of old) (strange fruit) (Free at last, free at last Thank God) (oooh-woooo-oooh) [Verse 3] Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop Ooh-ooh-woooh-ooh-hooo [Outro] Strange fruit Strange fruit Ooh-ooh-woooh-ooh-hooo