Love Without End, Amen

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

And 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 I 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

And then somewhere from the other side, I heard these words again

And 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"