Well, We busted out of class had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three-minute record baby 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
Well, We made a promise we swore wed always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Like soldiers on the winters night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
Now Im ready to grow young again
And hear your sisters voice calling us home across the open yards
Believin we could cut someplace of our own
With these drums and these guitars
We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Blood brothers on a summers 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 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 romantics dreams in our heads
We made a promise...