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 ever

Never say die never 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 'em 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 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

On the gravestone where I'll lie (on the gravestone where I'll lie)

Tell them it's just my bones that died there

So save the tears they'll cry (so save the tears they'll cry)

My spirit is still riding somewhere's in this night

And it's these three words that come to me

As I kiss this world good bye

Never say die never say no

You got to look 'em 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)