Golden red and ripe and lovely
The fruit comes in while people go hungry
The grapes of wrath are rather cruel
When you're the one who's played a fool
You see
United fruit company
The samba here is like no other
And people starve but not of hunger
Bloody boxcars pulled by trains
Scorching sun and cleansing rain
You see
United fruit company
Oh you move so slowly now
Oh things are gonna change somehow
They look straight ahead not at me
The bodies flow out to the sea
They'll never know what it means
To be free
Free
Golden red and ripe and lovely
The fruit comes in while people go hungry
The grapes of wrath are rather cruel
When you're the one who's played a fool
You see
United fruit company
Oh things move so slowly now
Oh things are gonna change somehow
They look straight ahead not at me
The bodies flow out to the sea
They'll never know what it means
To be free
Free
Be free