"Love Of Mine" lyrics - NICKEL CREEK

Love of mine when you're born I tell myself that you'll never die
And I throw my arms around the girl who finds you
'Cause the world is rosier through your eyes
I don't suppose you caught her name

Nevermind I'll just name her after you, love of mine
I'll fashion her into a sweet long legged icon making all praise holier
Satisfied

Although she gave us to each other
The only thing she's done for me that you could never do
For she'll always be remembered
After she discovers I don't love her half as much as you

Love of mine when she goes why can't you stay, here with me

Love of mine when you die I tell myself that you never lived
Even as I curse the girl who says she'll find someone worthier of the gift
Someone who wants to share it with her
Far away from those who take it to have and to whore
Now I'm stuck here trying to not remember
For all these pretty words it wasn't her but love that I adored
It's my love I adore

Love of mine when you're born I tell myself that you'll never die