[01:08.46]Southern trees bear a strange fruit
[01:15.77]Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
[01:23.38]Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
[01:31.49]Strange fruit hanging from the popular trees
[01:46.59]Pastoral scene of the gallant south
[01:54.83]The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
[02:02.01]Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
[02:10.55]Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
[02:18.73]Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
[02:25.78]For the rain to gather for the wind to suck
[02:33.27]For the sun to rot for the trees to drop
[02:46.99]Here is a strange and bitter crop