Love Without End, Amen

(Music)

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

(Music

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 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

Last night, I dreamed I'd died
And stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realized
There must be some mistake
If they'd 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 they said
Let me tell you a secret
About a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was
Just between us
They 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