Well, we busted out of class
had to get away from those fools
we learned more from a 3 minute record
than we ever learned at 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 in 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
now I'm ready to grow young again

And hear your sister's voice calling us home
across the open yards
well maybe we'll cut someplace of 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 in the stormy night
with a vow to defend
no retreat, baby, no surrender

Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim
the walls of my room are closing in
there's a war outside still raging
you say it ain't ours anymore to win

I want to sleep beneath
peaceful skies in my lover's bed
with a wide open country in my eyes
and these romantic dreams in my head

Once we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
no retreat, baby, no surrender
blood brothers in a stormy night
with a vow to defend
no retreat, baby, no surrender
no retreat, baby, no surrender

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