Jimmy Bowen - A Father's Love lyrics

[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 Then stood there on those trembling knees And waited for the worst [Chrous] 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 pa**ed it on to him [Chrous] And I said, “Let me tell you a secret, about a father's love A secret that my daddy said was just between us I 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” [Bridge] Last night I dreamed I'd died and Stood outside those pearly gates When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake If they know half the stuff I done they'll never let me in Then somewhere from the other side I heard these words again [Chorus] And they said, “Let me tell you a secret, about a father's love A secret that my daddy said was just between us You see, 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"