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 neighbourhood
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 we'd
always remember
no retreat baby
no surrender
Like soldiers in
the 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
now I'm ready to
grow young again
And hear your
sister's voice
calling us home
across the open yards
Well maybe we'll cut
some place of our own
with these drums
and these guitars
'Cos we made a promise
we swore we'd
always remember
no retreat baby
no surrender
Blood brothers
in the stormy night
with a vow to defend
no retreat baby
no surrender hey
Lay lay lay lay lay lay
Lay lay lay lay lay lay
Lay lay lay lay lay lay
Lay lay lay lay lay lay
Lay lay lay lay lay lay
Lay lay lay lay lay lay
Lay lay lay lay lay lay
Lay lay lay lay lay lay
Now on the street tonight
the lights grow dim
the walls of my room
are closing in
There's a war outside
still raging
you say it ain't ours
any more to win
I want to sleep beneath
peaceful skies
in my lover's bed
With a wide open
country in my eyes
and these romantic
dreams in my head
Once we made a promise
we swore we'd
always remember
no retreat baby
no surrender
Blood brothers
in the stormy night
with a vow to defend
no retreat baby
no surrender
No retreat baby
No surrender
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh