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)