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I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye. |
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Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why. |
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When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed. |
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And then stood there on those tremblin' knees and waited for the worst |
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And he said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love, |
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A secret that my daddy said was just between us." |
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He said, "Daddies don't just love their children ever now and then. |
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It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen." |
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When I became a father in the spring of '81 |
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There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son. |
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And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end, |
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I took my daddy's secret and I passed it on to him. |
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I said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love, |
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A secret that my daddy said was just between us." |
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I said, "Daddies don't just love their children ever now and then. |
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It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen." |
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Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates. |
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When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake. |
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If they know half the things I've done, they'll never let me in. |
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And then somewhere from the other side I heard these words again. |
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They said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love, |
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A secret that my daddy said was just between us." |
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They said, "Daddies don't just love their children ever now and then |
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It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen." |
