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 heart 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, believe me, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter s night with a vow to defend
No retreat, believe me, 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 your sister s 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, believe me, no surrender
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat, believe me, 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 side
With a wide open country in our hearts
And these romanics dreams in our heads
We made a promise...

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