Hyman Mandell's video: The Residents - Birds In The Trees Handful Of Desire Moisture

From The Commercial Album, 1980. VINYL SOURCE Lyrics: *** Birds In The Trees *** Birds in the trees Shook dust from their wings I thought of the heartaches That shattered our love not long ago Birds in the trees Now asleep *** Handful Of Desire *** Sinews crackled in the heat Of noonday raptured thrill A moisture laden syncopated Automated drill A handful of desirous needs That's much too soon fulfilled *** Moisture *** Someone saw a strange amount Of moisture on her lips And it was also seen upon Her arms and on her hips No one knows exactly Who she was or how she died But when they opened up her purse They found a snail inside