Love Without End, Amen

[Verse 1] 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 that story just like I'd rehearsed And then stood there on those trembling knees and waited for the worst [Chorus] 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" [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus]