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I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye
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Cause fighting was against the rules and it didn't matter why
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When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
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Then stood there almost trembling and waited for the worst
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He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love
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A secret that my daddy said was just between us
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You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then
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It's a love without end, amen It's a love without end, amen
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When I became a father in the spring of '81
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There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son
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And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end
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I took my daddy's secret and I passed it on to him
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He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love
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A secret that my daddy said was just between us
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You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then
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It's a love without end, amen It's a love without end, amen
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Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates
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When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
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If they knew half the things I've done they'll never let me in
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Then a somewhere from the other side and I heard these words again
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He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love
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A secret that my daddy said was just between us
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You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then
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It's a love without end, amen It's a love without end, amen