C                                        F            C
I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye
                                             F             G
Cause fighting was against the rules and it didn't matter why
      F              G               C               F
When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
  C                                    G              C
Then stood there almost trembling and waited for the worst


** Refrain **

                   C                        F                C
He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love
                                 F            G
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
         F                  G                   C             F
You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then
        C            G     C                        G     C
It's a love without end, amen  It's a love without end, amen


   (Chords same as above)
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


Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
If they knew half the things I've done they'll never let me in
Then a somewhere from the other side and I heard these words again


Paul Pfaffenberger
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