[88] 37. Nick Mason - I'm A Mineralist

[1988] 37. Nick Mason - I'm A Mineralist

Nick Mason - Fictitious Sports ('81, 1st solo)

1. Can't Get My Motor to Start [3:37]
2. I Was Wrong [4:10]
3. Siam [4:47]
4. Hot River [5:13]
5. Boo to You Too [3:25]
6. Do Ya? [4:32]
7. Wervin' [3:55]
8. I'm a Mineralist [6:14]

Robert Wyatt - vocals
Karen Kraft - vocals
Chris Spedding - guitars
Carla Bley - keyboards
Gary Windo - tenor/bass clarinet/flute
Gary Valente - trombones
Mike Mantler - trumpets
Howard Johnson - tuba
Steve Swallow - bass
Nick Mason - drums & percussion

8. I'm a Mineralist

Here's a shocking revelation for you voyeurs
Such a heinous deviation, there are no cures
I'm a Mineralist, I'm a Mineralist

Just the thought of ironing gives me spasms of lust
I creep up to old wrecked cars and likk off the rust
I'm a Mineralist, I'm a Mineralist

Mother used to try to metal in my affairs
Keep your nose up off that grindstone, people will stare
Get the lead out of your pants and change your underwear

I've been stealing baby bottels since I was born
I'll go blind from balling bearings, doctors have warned
I like making out with steel-rimmed glasses more than horned

Erik Satie get's my rocks off, Cage is a dream
Philip Glass is Mineralist to the extreme

I like tickling ivories and fingering stones
When my mercury goes up I play with my bone

People take for granite my perversion is wrong
I'm not harming anyone by beating my gong
I'm a Mineralist, I'm a Mineralist

I'll make love to minerals as long as I can
And in fifty years I'll be a jaded old man
I'm a Mineralist, I'm a Mineralist
I'm a Mineralist, I'm a Mineralist