As we stood there older than the men and younger than the boys
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
Still they remained unspoken and we'd take'em 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're bleeding
And your own tears you 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 through the pouring rain
And we'll be standing like a soldier who comes marchin'home again
They ask what it is that I want written on the gravestone where I'll lie
Tell them it's just my bones that died there, so save the tears they'll cry
My spirit is still riding somewhere 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're bleeding
And your own tears you cry
When you're brought up to believe that it's the strong who survive
Never say die
