[00:07.230]I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye.
[00:11.880]Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why.
[00:18.550]When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed.
[00:25.130]And then stood there on those tremblin' knees and waited for the worst
[00:31.600]And he said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,
[00:37.060]A secret that my daddy said was just between us."
[00:43.630]He said, "Daddies don't just love their children ever now and then.
[00:50.200]It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen."
[01:01.190]When I became a father in the spring of '81
[01:06.550]There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son.
[01:13.330]And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end,
[01:19.810]I took my daddy's secret and I passed it on to him.
[01:26.330]I said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,
[01:31.700]A secret that my daddy said was just between us."
[01:38.260]I said, "Daddies don't just love their children ever now and then.
[01:44.770]It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen."
[01:58.430]Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates.
[02:05.210]When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake.
[02:11.790]If they know half the things I've done, they'll never let me in.
[02:18.120]And then somewhere from the other side I heard these words again.
[02:24.590]They said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,
[02:30.370]A secret that my daddy said was just between us."
[02:37.000]They said, "Daddies don't just love their children ever now and then
[02:44.780]It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen."