As we stood there older than the 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 bought up to believe

That it's the strong who survive

Never say die

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 die

Tell them it's just my bones who died there

So save the tears they'll cry

My spirit is still riding somewhere

Somewhere's in this night

When it's these 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 bought up to believe

That it's the strong who survive

Never say die (2x