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Lady_Di · 04-21-2012, 09:59 AM

Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the popular trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/billie...it-lyrics.html ]
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter cry

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs"]Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit - YouTube[/nomedia]

04-21-2012, 09:59 AM	#11
Lady_Di Member How Do You Identify?: Homo sapien Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Home Posts: 353 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,486 Thanked 1,486 Times in 315 Posts Rep Power: 16304880	Strange Fruit Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the popular trees Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth [ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/billie...it-lyrics.html ] Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop Here is a strange and bitter cry [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs"]Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit - YouTube[/nomedia]

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