Diana Ross - Strange Fruit

Stolen Moments / N/A 1. 'T Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do 2. Don't Explain 3. Fine And Mellow 4. Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) 5. God Bless The Child 6. Goodmorning Heartache 7. I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me) 8. Little Girl Blue 9. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) 10. Love Is Here To Stay 11. Mean To Me 12. My Man 13. Strange Fruit 14. Them There Eyes 15. There's A Small Hotel 16. What A Little Moonlight Can Do 17. Where Did We Go Wrong (in album Stolen Moments) 18. You've Changed

Strange Fruit

(L. Allan)

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 suck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop

Here is a strange and bitter crop