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"