I got sent home from school

One day with a shiner on my eye

Fightin was against the rules and

It didnt matter why

When dad got home I told that story

Just like Id rehearsed

Then stood there on those tremblin knees

And waitin for the worst

And he said Let me tell you a secret about a fathers love

A secret that my daddy said was just between us

He said daddies don't just love

Their children every now and then

Its a love without end' amen

Its 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 fathers son

And when I thought my patience

Had been tested to the end

I took my daddys secret and passed it on to him

I said

Let me tell you a secret about a fathers love

A secret that my daddy said was just between us

He said daddies don't just love

Their children every now and then

Its a love without end' amen

Its a love without end' amen

Last night I dreamed Id 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 these words again

And he said Let me tell you a secret about a fathers love

A secret that my daddy said was just between us

He said daddies don't just love

Their children every now and then

Its a love without end' amen

Its a love without end' amen