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"