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.
And 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.
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."
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 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."