A Love Without End Lyrics

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 (Repeat chorus)