george strait - love without end, amen lyrics

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.

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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.

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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.

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