Maddy Prior - Cruel Mother (short) lyrics

Sweet juices, crushed from the fruit run over her lips Down her breasts, down her body, down between her hips Strong legs wrap around a tree, squeezes with her thighs Breathes life through roots with quiet sighs A child she bears beneath its shade with labour hard and long A moment's tenderness, a moment's pa**ion, short and sweet the song She cradles, then buries it beneath the earth, under a drowning moon Nourishment, blood and bone, for the roots to find The cruel mother lives in the grove, dancing her life away Sweet as the juice on a soldier's lips on a summer's day