Intro:
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Southern trees bear a strange fruit
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Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
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Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
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Strange fruit hangin' from the populair trees
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Pastoral scene of the gallant South
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The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
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Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
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Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh
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Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
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For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
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For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop
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Here is a strange and bitter crop
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Southern trees bear a strange fruit
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Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
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Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
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Strange fruit hangin' from the populair trees