Strange Fruit Lyrics

The song Strange Fruit is performed by Diana Ross in the album named Lady Sings Jazz & Blues: Stolen Moments in the year 2002 .



Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the roots
Black bodies swingin' in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
And the sudden smell of burning flesh

Here is the fruit
For the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to s*ck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop

Here is a strange and bitter crop



Diana Ross - Lady Sings Jazz & Blues: Stolen Moments

Mar 2002

  1. Fine And Mellow (Live)
  2. Them There Eyes
  3. Don't Explain
  4. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
  5. Mean To Me
  6. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
  7. Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer
  8. Little Girl Blue
  9. There's A Small Hotel
  10. I Cried For You
  11. The Man I Love
  12. God Bless The Child
  13. Love Is Here To Stay
  14. You've Changed
  15. Strange Fruit
  16. Good Morning Heartache
  17. Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  18. My Man
  19. Fine And Mellow (Reprise)

Strange Fruit