A Love Without End - George Strait

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)