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"
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
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
You 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"
Writer(s): Aaron Gayle Barker
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