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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
Then 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 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 with out end amen
It's a love with out 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
Then somewhere from the other side ... I heard those 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 with out end amen
It's a love with out end amen