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As we stood there older than men |
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And younger than the boys |
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(That's right) |
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We were as still as the wind |
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That blows on a hot August night |
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And you were lonesome as a jukebox |
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But deadly just the same |
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I could be as gentle as a newborn |
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Then spit into the eye of a hurricane |
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And we knew how to laugh |
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And we knew how to cry |
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Yeah, we sure knew how to live |
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But we don't never, never say die |
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Ever say die |
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I guess you'd say we had a pact |
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These words we knew so well |
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(That's right) |
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Still they remained unspoken |
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And we'd take them to the fiery gates of hell |
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Once I was afraid of love |
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But when it's your brother those things change |
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'Cause love is just another word for trust |
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So hear me when I say |
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Never say die, never say no |
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You got to look them in the eye |
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And don't let go |
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When it's your own blood you'll bleed |
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And your own tears you'll cry |
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When you're brought up to believe |
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That it's the strong who survive |
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Never say die |
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Yeah, and we could run like lightning |
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(We could run like lightning) |
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Through the pouring rain |
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(Through the pouring rain) |
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And we'll be standing like a soldier |
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Who comes marching home again |
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(Left, right, left, right) |
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They ask what it is that I want written |
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(They ask what it is that I want written) |
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On the gravestone where I'll lie |
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(On the gravestone where I'll lie) |
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Tell them it's just my bones that died there |
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(Tell them it's just my bones that died there) |
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To save the tears they'll cry |
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(To save the tears they'll cry) |
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My spirit is still riding somewhere in this night |
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When it's these three words that come to me |
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As I kiss this world goodbye |
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Never say die, never say no |
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You got to look them in the eye |
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And don't let go |
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When it's your own blood you'll bleed |
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And your own tears you'll cry |
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When you're brought up to believe |
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That it's the strong who survive |
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Never say die |
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Never say die |
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(That's right) |
