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
I stood there on
those tremblin' knees
and waited
for the worst
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
When I became a father
in the spring of '81
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
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
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