[ti:strange fruit]
[ar:billie holiday]
[00:25.142]Billie  Holiday -Strange  Fruit
[00:28.567]Southern  trees  bear  strange  fruit,
[00:40.894]Blood  on  the  leaves  and  blood  at  the  root,
[00:52.236]Black  bodies  swinging  in  the  southern  breeze,
[01:02.622]Strange  fruit  hanging  from  the  poplar  trees.
[01:17.693]Pastoral  scene  of  the  gallant  south,
[01:26.510]The  bulging  eyes  and  the  twisted  mouth,
[01:37.520]Scent  of  magnolias,sweet  and  fresh,
[01:48.717]Then  the  sudden  smell  of  burning  flesh.
[01:59.458]Here  is  fruit  for  the  crows  to  pluck,
[02:08.154]For  the  rain  to  gather,for  the  wind  to  suck,
[02:18.518]For  the  sun  to  rot,for  the  trees  to  drop,
[02:34.675]Here  is  a  strange  and  bitter  crop.