Strange Fruit-José James

[ti:Strange Fruit] [ar:José James] [al:Yesterday I Had The Blues - The Music Of Billie Holiday] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Strange Fruit - José James [01:00.46]Southern trees bear a strange fruit [01:11.77] [01:15.25]Blood on the leaves and blood at the root [01:28.27] [01:34.65]Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze [01:45.73] [01:51.27]Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees [02:03.26] [02:11.18]Pastoral scene of the gallant South [02:21.34] [02:24.32]The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth [02:35.57] [02:36.93]Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh [02:48.22] [02:51.93]Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh [03:08.08] [03:17.48]Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck [03:26.44] [03:30.15]For the rain to gather for the wind to suck [03:40.92] [03:43.89]For the sun to rot for the tree to drop [04:01.66] [04:11.82]Here is a strange and bitter crop