I GOT SENT HOME
FROM SCHOOL ONE DAY
WITH A SHINER
ON MY EYE
FIGHTIN' WAS
AGAINST THE RULES
AND IT DIDN'T
MATTER WHY
WHEN DAD GOT HOME
I TOLD THAT STORY
JUST LIKE I'D
REHEARSED
AND I STOOD THERE
ON THOSE
TREMBLIN' KNEES
AND WAITED FOR
THE WORST
AND HE SAID
LET ME TELL YOU
A SECRET
ABOUT A FATHER'S LOVE
A SECRET
THAT MY DADDY SAID
WAS JUST
BETWEEN US
HE SAID DADDIES
DON'T JUST LOVE
THEIR CHILDREN
EVERY NOW AND THEN
IT'S A LOVE
WITHOUT END AMEN
IT'S A LOVE
WITHOUT END
AMEN
WELL I BECAME
A FATHER
IN THE SPRING OF
EIGHTY-ONE
THERE WAS NO DOUBT
THAT STUBBORN BOY
WAS JUST LIKE
MY FATHER'S SON
AND WHEN I THOUGHT
MY PATIENCE
HAD BEEN TESTED
TO THE END
I TOOK MY
DADDY'S SECRET
AND I PASSED IT ON
TO HIM
I SAID
LET ME TELL YOU
A SECRET
ABOUT A FATHER'S LOVE
A SECRET
THAT MY DADDY SAID
WAS JUST
BETWEEN US
HE SAID DADDIES
DON'T JUST LOVE
THEIR CHILDREN
EVERY NOW AND THEN
IT'S A LOVE
WITHOUT END AMEN
IT'S A LOVE
WITHOUT END AMEN
LAST NIGHT
I DREAMED I DIED
AND STOOD OUTSIDE
THOSE PEARLY GATES
WHEN SUDDENLY
I REALIZED
THERE MUST BE
SOME MISTAKE
IF THEY KNOW
HALF THE THINGS
I'VE DONE
THEY'LL NEVER LET ME IN
AND THEN SOMEWHERE
FROM THE OTHER SIDE
I HEARD THESE WORDS
AGAIN
AND THEY SAID
LET ME TELL YOU
A SECRET
ABOUT A FATHER'S LOVE
A SECRET
THAT MY DADDY SAID
WAS JUST
BETWEEN US
HE SAID DADDIES
DON'T JUST LOVE
THEIR CHILDREN
EVERY NOW AND THEN
IT'S A LOVE
WITHOUT END AMEN
IT'S A LOVE
WITHOUT END AMEN