George Strait - A Father's Love

    I got sent home from school one day
    with a shiner on my eye.
    Fightin’ was against the rules
    and it didn’t matter why.
    When dad got home I told that story
    just like I’d rehearsed.
    And then stood there on those tremblin’ knees
    and waited for the worst.

    Chorus:
    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.

    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.

    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.

    Last night I dreamed I died
    and stood outside those pearly gates.
    When suddenly I realized
    there must be some mistake.
    If they know half the things I’ve done,
    they’ll never let me in.
    And then somewhere from the other side
    I heard these words again.

    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.