[00:00.000]Writer(s): Dwayne P. Wiggins, Lewis Allan, Maurice Pearl
[03:16.650]southern trees bear strange fruit
[03:29.030]blood on the leaves and blood at the root
[03:38.180]black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
[03:48.390]strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
[03:58.360]pastoral scene of the gallant south
[04:07.700]the bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
[04:18.550]scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
[04:30.370]then the sudden smell of burning flesh
[06:26.910]here is fruit for the crows to pluck
[06:38.640]for the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
[06:49.720]for the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
[07:01.430]here is a strange and bitter crop