Well, we busted out of class
Had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three-minute record tape
Than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighthood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
Tou say you’re tired
And you just wanna close
And follow your dreams down
Well we made a promise
We swore we’d always remember
No retreat baby
No surrender
Like soldiers on a winter’s night
With a vow to defend
No retreat, baby
No surrender
When our 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 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 on a summer’s 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, they’re closing in
But its good to see your smiling face
And to hear your voice again
Now we could sleep in the twilight
By the riverbed
With the wide open country in our hearts
And these romantic dreams in our heads
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