Patty Smith Strange Messengers Lyrics:
I looked upon the book of lifeTracing the lines of
face after faceLooking down at their naked
feetBound in chains bound in chainsChains of
leather chains of gold We knew it was wrong but we
looked awayAnd paraded them down the colonial
streetsAnd that's how they became enslaved They
came across on the great ships Mothers separated
from their babesHusbands stood on the auction
blockBound in chains bound in chainsChains of
leather chains of gold Men knew it was wrong but
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they looked away And led them to toil in fields of
white As they turned their necks to a bitter
landscape Oh the people I hear them calling Am I
not a man and a brother Am I not a woman and a
sister History sends us such strange messengers
They come down through timeTo embrace to enrageAnd
in their arms even stranger fruitAnd they swing
from the trees With their vision in flames Ropes
of leather ropes of goldMen knew it was wrong but
they looked awayMessengers swinging from twisted
ropeAs they turned their necks to a bitter
landscape Oh the people I hear them calling Am I
not a man and a brotherAm I not a woman and a
sisterWe will be heard we will be heard
Lyrics: Strange Messengers, Patty Smith [end]