Clive Bruce - A Love Without End, Amen 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 that story
Just like I'd rehearsed
And then I stood there on my trembling knees
And waited for the worst

And he said, let me tell you a secret
About a fathers love
A secret that my daddy said
Was just between us
Well, 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 fathers son

And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end
Well, I took my daddy's secret
And I passed it on to him

And I said, let me tell you a secret
About a fathers 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

Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realised there must be some mistake
If they knew half the things I'd done, they'd never let me in
And then somewhere from the other side
I heard these words again

He said, let me tell you a secret
About a fathers love
A secret that my daddy said
Was just between us
You see, 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