Nine Mineral Emblems Lyrics & Chords By John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, Lisa Herman

I am your quarry, your mine.
Mineral emblems define sublunar love -- here are nine:
(1)
Adamant is a hard stone.
Harder is being alone, your whereabouts unknown.
(2)
I feel an attraction for you
just like certain metals feel for lode.
(3)
Inconstant selenite waxes, wanes.
You are my delight despite your tendency you do the same.
(4)
As carbon will become diamond when pressured,
so we come through love to realize our maximum.
(5)
When there is mirth you're the salt of my earth,
the perfect condiment.
When there is strife you're the spice of my life,
a vital aliment.
(6)
Clay is an old cliché meaning flesh --
it all blows away,
so let's enjoy the stuff while it's still fresh.
(7)
Mica reflects the light of another,
is in itself incapable of corruscation --
lovers beware!
(8)
When heated, scolecite lengthens, squirms --
not unlike the worm which looks for lodgings in a pearly urn.
(9)
Phosphor's citron glow is barely bright enough to show
the macle of our love --
(two crystals grown together)