I got sent home from school one day With a shiner on my eye Fighting was
against the rules And it didn't matter why When dad got home I told the
story Just like I'd rehearsed And then stood there on my trembling
knees And waited for the worst
(Chorus) (He said/I 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
(Repeat
chorus)
Last night I dreamed I'd died And stood outside those pearly
gates And suddenly, I realized There must be some mistake If they know
half the things I've done They'll never let me in And a voice spoke from
the other side And I heard those words again