We busted out of class had to get away from those fools

We learned more from a three-minute record

That 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



CHORUS:

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember

No retreat no surrender

Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend

No retreat 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 yur sister's voice calling us home

Acroos the open yards

Believin' we could cut someplace of our own

With these drums and these guitars



CHORUS:

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember

No retreat no surrender

Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend

No retreat no surrender



Blood brother in the stormy night with a vow to defend

No retreat no surrender



Now on the street tonight the lights gro dim

The walls of my room are closing in

But it's good to see your smiling face

And to hear your voice again

We could sleep in the twilight

By the river bed

With a wide open country in our hearts

And these romantic dreams in our heads



CHORUS:

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember

No retreat no surrender

Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend

No retreat no surrender