Never Say Die

As we stood there older than men

And younger than the boys

(That's right)

We were as still as the wind

That blows on a hot August night

And you were lonesome as a jukebox

But deadly just the same

I could be as gentle as a newborn

Then spit into the eye of a hurricane

And we knew how to laugh

And we knew how to cry

Yeah, we sure knew how to live

But we don't never, never say die

Ever say die

I guess you'd say we had a pact

These words we knew so well

(That's right)

Still they remained unspoken

And we'd take them to the fiery gates of hell

Once I was afraid of love

But when it's your brother those things change

'Cause love is just another word for trust

So hear me when I say

Never say die, never say no

You got to look them in the eye

And don't let go

When it's your own blood you'll bleed

And your own tears you'll cry

When you're brought up to believe

That it's the strong who survive

Never say die

Yeah, and we could run like lightning

(We could run like lightning)

Through the pouring rain

(Through the pouring rain)

And we'll be standing like a soldier

Who comes marching home again

(Left, right, left, right)

They ask what it is that I want written

(They ask what it is that I want written)

On the gravestone where I'll lie

(On the gravestone where I'll lie)

Tell them it's just my bones that died there

(Tell them it's just my bones that died there)

To save the tears they'll cry

(To save the tears they'll cry)

My spirit is still riding somewhere in this night

When it's these three words that come to me

As I kiss this world goodbye

Never say die, never say no

You got to look them in the eye

And don't let go

When it's your own blood you'll bleed

And your own tears you'll cry

When you're brought up to believe

That it's the strong who survive

Never say die

Never say die

(That's right)