No Surrender

Well, we bursted out of class

Had to get away from those fools

We learned more from a 3-minute record, baby

Than we ever learned in school

Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound

I can feel my heart begin to pound

You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes

And follow your dreams down

Well, we made a promise we swore we'd always remember

No retreat, baby, no surrender

Like soldiers on the winter's night

With a vow to defend

No retreat, baby, no surrender

Well, now young faces grow sad and old

And hearts of fire grow cold

We swore blood brothers against the wind

And I'm ready to grow young again

And I hear your sister's voice calling us home

Across the open yards

Well even we can cut someplace of our own

With these drums and these guitars

'Cause we made a promise we swore we'd always remember

No retreat, baby, no surrender

Blood brothers on a summer's night

With a vow to defend

No retreat, baby, no surrender

Huh ah ah ah ah ah ah

Huh ah ah ah ah ah ah

Now out on the streets tonight the lights are growing dim

And the walls of my room are closing in

But it's good to see your smiling face

And to hear your voice again

Now we can sleep in the twilight

By the river bed

With a wide open country in our hearts

And these romantic dreams in our hands

'Cause we made a promise we swore we'd always remember

No retreat, baby, no surrender

Blood brothers on a summer's night

With a vow to defend

No retreat, baby, no surrender

No retreat, baby, no surrender