text: 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 youre 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 in the winters 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
  Im ready to grow young again
  And hear your sisters voice calling us home
  Across the open yards
  Well maybe well cut someplace of our own
  With these drums and these guitars
  Well we made a promise we swore wed always remember
  No retreat, baby, no surrender
  Like soldiers in the winters 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
  Theres a war outside still raging
  You say it aint ours anymore to win
  I want to sleep beneath
  Peaceful skies in my lovers bed
  With a wide open country in my eyes
  And these romantic dreams in my head
  Well we made a promise we swore wed always remember
  No retreat, baby, no surrender
  Like soldiers in the winters night with a vow to defend
  No retreat, baby, no surrender