Love Without End, Amen

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

ˈaɪ ˈɡɑt ˈsɛnt ˈhoʊm frəm ˈskuɫ ˈwʌn ˈdeɪ ˈwɪθ ə ˈʃaɪnɚ ˈɑn ˈmaɪ ˈaɪ ‖

Fightin’ was against the rules and it didn’t matter why.

ˈfaɪɾɪŋ ˈwəz əˈɡɛnst ðə ˈruɫz ən ˈɪt ˈdɪdn̩t ˈmæɾɚ ˈwaɪ ‖

When dad got home I told that story just like I’d rehearsed.

ˈwɛn ˈdæd ˈɡɑt ˈhoʊm ˈaɪ ˈtʰoʊɫd ˈðæt ˈstɔrɪ ˈdʒʌst ˈlaɪk ˈaɪd rɪˈhɝst ‖

And then stood there on those tremblin’ knees and waited for the worst.

ən ˈðɛn ˈstʊd ˈðɛr ˈɑn ˈðoʊz ˈtrɛmbəlɪŋ ˈniz ən ˈweɪɾəd ˈfɔr ðə ˈwɝst ‖

And he said, “Let me tell you a secret about a father’s love,

ən ˈhi ˈsɛd | ˈlɛt ˈmi ˈtʰɛɫ ˈju ə ˈsikrət əˈbaʊt ə ˈfɑðɚz ˈlʌv |

A secret that my daddy said was just between us.”

ə ˈsikrət ˈðæt ˈmaɪ ˈdæɾɪ ˈsɛd ˈwəz ˈdʒʌst bɪˈtwin ˈʌs.

He said, “Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then.

ˈhi ˈsɛd | ˈdæɾiz ˈdoʊnt ˈdʒʌst ˈlʌv ˈðɛr ˈtʃɪɫdrən ˈɛvrɪ ˈnaʊ ən ˈðɛn ‖

It’s a love without end, amen, it’s a love without end, amen.”

ˈɪts ə ˈlʌv wɪˈðaʊt ˈɛnd | eˈmɛn | ˈɪts ə ˈlʌv wɪˈðaʊt ˈɛnd | eˈmɛn ‖”

When I became a father in the spring of ‘eighty-one

ˈwɛn ˈaɪ bɪˈkʰeɪm ə ˈfɑðɚ ˈɪn ðə ˈsprɪŋ əv ˈeɪɾi-ˈwʌn

There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father’s son.

ˈðɛr ˈwəz ˈnoʊ ˈdaʊt ˈðæt ˈstʌbɚn ˈbɔɪ ˈwəz ˈdʒʌst ˈlaɪk ˈmaɪ ˈfɑðɚz ˈsʌn ‖

And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end,

ən ˈwɛn ˈaɪ ˈθɑt ˈmaɪ ˈpʰeɪʃəns ˈhæd ˈbɪn ˈtʰɛstəd ˈtʰu ðiː ˈɛnd |

I took my daddy’s secret and I passed it on to him.

ˈaɪ ˈtʰʊk ˈmaɪ ˈdæɾiz ˈsikrət ən ˈaɪ ˈpʰæst ˈɪt ˈɑn tə ˈhɪm ‖

I said, “Let me tell you a secret about a father’s love,

ˈaɪ ˈsɛd | ˈlɛt ˈmi ˈtʰɛɫ ˈju ə ˈsikrət əˈbaʊt ə ˈfɑðɚz ˈlʌv |

A secret that my daddy said was just between us.”

ə ˈsikrət ˈðæt ˈmaɪ ˈdæɾɪ ˈsɛd ˈwəz ˈdʒʌst bɪˈtwin ˈʌs.

He said, “Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then.

ˈhi ˈsɛd | ˈdæɾiz ˈdoʊnt ˈdʒʌst ˈlʌv ˈðɛr ˈtʃɪɫdrən ˈɛvrɪ ˈnaʊ ən ˈðɛn ‖

It’s a love without end, amen, it’s a love without end, amen.”

ˈɪts ə ˈlʌv wɪˈðaʊt ˈɛnd | eˈmɛn | ˈɪts ə ˈlʌv wɪˈðaʊt ˈɛnd | eˈmɛn ‖”

Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates.

ˈlæst ˈnaɪt ˈaɪ ˈdrɛmt ˈaɪ ˈdaɪd ən ˈstʊd ˌaʊtˈsaɪd ˈðoʊz ˈpʰɝlɪ ˈɡeɪts ‖

When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake.

ˈwɛn ˈsʌdn̩lɪ ˈaɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ˈðɛr ˈmʌst ˈbi ˈsʌm məˈsteɪk ‖

If they know half the things I’ve done, they’ll never let me in.

ˈɪf ˈðeɪ ˈnoʊ ˈhæf ðə ˈθɪŋz ˈaɪv ˈdʌn | ðɛɫ ˈnɛvɚ ˈlɛt ˈmi ˈɪn ‖

And then somewhere from the other side I heard these words again.

ən ˈðɛn ˈsʌmˌwɛr frəm ðiː ˈʌðɚ ˈsaɪd ˈaɪ ˈhɝd ˈðiz ˈwɝdz əˈɡɛn ‖

And he said, “Let me tell you a secret about a father’s love,

ənd ˈhi ˈsɛd | ˈlɛt ˈmi ˈtʰɛɫ ˈju ə ˈsikrət əˈbaʊt ə ˈfɑðɚz ˈlʌv |

A secret that my daddy said was just between us.”

ə ˈsikrət ˈðæt ˈmaɪ ˈdæɾɪ ˈsɛd ˈwəz ˈdʒʌst bɪˈtwin ˈʌs.

He said, “Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then.

ˈhi ˈsɛd | ˈdæɾiz ˈdoʊnt ˈdʒʌst ˈlʌv ˈðɛr ˈtʃɪɫdrən ˈɛvrɪ ˈnaʊ ən ˈðɛn ‖

It’s a love without end, amen, it’s a love without end, amen.”

ˈɪts ə ˈlʌv wɪˈðaʊt ˈɛnd | eˈmɛn | ˈɪts ə ˈlʌv wɪˈðaʊt ˈɛnd | eˈmɛn ‖”

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