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 then 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
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
and he said
let me tell you a secret
about a father's love
a secret that my daddy said
was just between us
i 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
ya see
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
