Song Lyrics Patti Smith - Strange Messengers    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> P>> Patti Smith Singer Lyrics [Patti Smith other resources]>> Strange Messengers Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Patti Smith Music Title/Track: Strange Messengers Theme ID: 4973 Album: N/A (SmithKaye) I looked upon the book of life Tracing the lines of face after face Looking down at their naked feet Bound in chains bound in chains Chains of leather chains of gold We knew it was wrong but we looked away And paraded them down the colonial streets And that's how they became enslaved They came across on the great ships Mothers separated from their babes Husbands stood on the auction block Bound in chains bound in chains Chains of leather chains of gold Men knew it was wrong but 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 time To embrace to enrage And in their arms even stranger fruit And they swing from the trees With their vision in flames Ropes of leather ropes of gold Men knew it was wrong but they looked away Messengers swinging from twisted rope 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 siste r We will be heard we will be heard Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Upright Come, Waiting Underground, Wave, We Three, We Three Kings, When Doves Cry, Where Duty Calls, Whirl Away, wild leaves, Wing, Because The Night, Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough, Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough, Mixed-up, Shook-up Girl, Dont Just Stand There, A Place to Stand, Alex Chilton, Boston, Boxes, Buck Naked Heart, Cain, Calling Me Home, Ceux Qui Nont Rien, Connie and Val, Crazy, Daddy, Driving, Entrer Dans La Lumire, Even Here We Are, Falling Down, Fatigue Dattendre, Half a Person, Holy Water, Htel Normandy, I Wonder, I Write the Book, Icicles Falling, Il Me Dit Que Je Suis Belle, Je Retiens Mon Souffle, Je Te Dis Vous, Jojo, Kite Song, La Libert, Let Your Freedom Ring, Little God, Long Ride (Long Road Home), Love Throw A Line, Made of Clay, Nebraska, Never Been To Spain, Other Patti Smith song Lyrics 1959 Lyrics 25th Floor Lyrics 25th Floor ( High On Rebellion) Lyrics 25th Floor (& High On Rebellion) Lyrics 25th Floor / High On Rebellion Lyrics About A Boy Lyrics Aint It Strange Lyrics Aint It Strange Lyrics As the Night Goes By Lyrics Ask The Angels Lyrics Babelogue Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Patti Smith Group Lyrics Patti Smyth & Don Henley Lyrics Patti Symth Lyrics Patty Lyrics Patty Duke Lyrics Griffin Patty Lyrics Patty Griffin Lyrics Patty Loveless Lyrics Patty Loveless F/ Jon Randall Lyrics Patty Loveless F/ Rebecca Lynn Howard Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy