We busted out of class had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three minute record 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

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

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
I`m ready to grow young again
And hear your sister`s voice calling us home across the open yards
Well maybe we could 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 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

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

No retreat, baby, no surrender