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 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

Now I'm ready to grow young again

And hear your sister's voice calling us home

Across the open yards

Believin' we could cut some place of our own

With these drums and these guitars







Blood brothers on a summer's night with a vow to defend

No retreat no surrender



Now on the street tonight the lights grow 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