[ti:a father's love] [ar:George Strait] [al:] [00:00.00]A father's love [00:05.00]I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye [00:11.00]Fighting was against the rules and it didnt matter why [00:18.00]When Dad got home I told that story just like Id rehearsed [00:24.00]Then stood there on those trembling knees and waited for the worst [00:31.00]And he said, Let me tell you a secret, about a fathers love [00:37.00]A secret that my daddy said was just between us [00:43.00]He said daddies dont just love their children every now and then [00:50.00]Its a love without end, amen, its a love without end, amen [01:01.00]When I became a father in the spring of 81 [01:07.00]There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my fathers son [01:13.00]And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end [01:20.00]I took my daddys secret and I passed it on to him [01:26.00]And I said, Let me tell you a secret, about a fathers love [01:32.00]A secret that my daddy said was just between us [01:39.00]I said daddies dont just love their children every now and then [01:45.00]Its a love without end, amen, its a love without end, amen [01:59.00]Last night I dreamed Id died and stood outside those pearly gates [02:06.00]When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake [02:13.00]If they know half the stuff I done theyll never let me in [02:19.00]Then somewhere from the other side I heard these words again [02:26.00]And they said, Let me tell you a secret, about a fathers love [02:32.00]A secret that my daddy said was just between us [02:39.00]You see daddies dont just love their children every now and then [02:47.00]Its a love without end, amen, its a love without end, amen [02:58.00]~_~---end----