(Aaron Barker)

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."