| 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 |