As we stood there older than men

And younger than the boys (that's right)

We were as still as the wind

That blows on a hot August night



And you were lonesome

As a jukebox

But deadly just the same

I could be as gentle as a newborn

Then spit into the eye of a hurricane



And we knew how to laugh

And we knew how to cry

Yeah, we sure knew how to live

But we don't ever



Never say die

Never say die



I guess you'd say we had a pact

These words we knew so well (that's right)

Still they remained unspoken

And we'd take them to the fiery

Gates of hell



Once I was afraid of love

But when it's your brother

Those things change

'Cause love is just another word

For trust

So hear me when I say



Never say die

Never say no

You got to look them in the eye

And don't let go

When it's your own blood you'll bleed

And your own tears you'll cry

When you're brought up to believe

That it's the strong who survive

Never say die



Solo



Yeah, and we could run like lightning

Through the pouring rain

And we'll be standing like a soldier

Who comes marching home again



They ask what it is that I want written

On the gravestone where I'll lie

Tell them it's just my bones

That died there

So save the tears they'll cry



My spirit is still riding somewhere

Somewhere in this night

When it's these three words that come to me

As I kiss this world goodbye



Never say die

Never say no

You got to look them in the eye

And don't let go

When it's your own blood you'll bleed

And your own tears you'll cry

When you're brought up to believe

That it's the strong who survive

Never say die