Love without end, Amen (video) (midi)

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1. I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye,

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fightin' 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 on those trembling knees and waited for the worst.

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He 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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He said, "Daddies 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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2. 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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I 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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He said, "Daddies 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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3. 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 know 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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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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He said, "Daddies 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."

(orig. = capo 2nd) (George Strait)