text: Well, we bursted out of class
  Had to get away from those fools
  We learned more from a 3-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 on 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
  And Im ready to grow young again
  And I hear your sisters voice calling us home
  Across the open yards
  Well even we can cut someplace of our own
  With these drums and these guitars
  Cause we made a promise we swore wed always remember
  No retreat, baby, no surrender
  Blood brothers on a summers night
  With a vow to defend
  No retreat, baby, no surrender
  Huh ah ah ah ah ah ah
  Huh ah ah ah ah ah ah
  Now out on the streets tonight the lights are growing dim
  And the walls of my room are closing in
  But its good to see your smiling face
  And to hear your voice again
  Now we can sleep in the twilight
  By the river bed
  With a wide open country in our hearts
  And these romantic dreams in our hands
  Cause we made a promise we swore wed always remember
  No retreat, baby, no surrender
  Blood brothers on a summers night
  With a vow to defend
  No retreat, baby, no surrender
  No retreat, baby, no surrender