Billie Holliday - Strange Fruit

[00:12.63] Southern trees bear a strange fruit
[00:30.93] Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
[00:40.34] Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
[00:51.41] Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
[01:01.41] Pastoral scene of the gallant south
[01:26.01] The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
[01:37.32] Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
[01:47.53] Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
[01:57.40] Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
[02:08.28] For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
[02:20.07] For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
[02:38.75] Here is a strange and bitter crop
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