Where 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 wanna close your eyes And follow your dreams down Well, we made a promise, we swore we'd always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender Like soldiers on a winter's night with a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender Well, now young faces grow sad and old And hearts of fire grow cold We swore blood brothers against the wind And I'm ready to grow young again And I hear your sister's voice calling us home Across the open yards Well, even we could cut some place of our own With these drums and these guitars Cause we made a promise, we swore we'd always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender Blood brothers on a summer's night with a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Now out on the streets tonight the lights are growing *** And the walls of my room are closing in But it's good to see your smiling face And to hear your voice again Now we can sleep in the twilight by the riverbed With the wide open country in our hearts And these romantic dreams in our hands Cause we made a promise, we swore we'd always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender We're blood brothers on a summer's night With a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender No retreat, baby, no surrender