I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye,
fighting was against the rules, and it didn't matter why,
when dad got home I told that story just like I rehearsed,
then stood there on those trembling knees,
and waited for the worse,
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 daddys 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 on to him,
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I said, let
It's a love without end, Amen
Last night I dreamed I died and,
stood outside those pearly gates,
and suddenly I realized, there must be some mistake,
if they'ed known half the things I done,
they'ed never let me in,
then somewhere from the other side,
I heard these words again,
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They said, let me tell you a secret about a fathers love
a secret that my daddy said was just between us
you see, daddy's just don't love their children every now and then
it's a love without end, amen
it's a love without end, amen