We busted out of class had to get away from those fools. We learned more from a three-minute record. That we ever learned in school. Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound. I can feel my heart begin to pound. You say you're tired and you just want to close. Your eyes and follow your dreams down. Chorus:. We made a promise we swore we'd always remember. No retreat no surrender. Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow. to defend. No retreat no surrender. Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts. of fire grow cold. We swore blood brothers against the wind. I'm ready to grow young again. And hear yur sister's voice calling us home. Acroos the open yards. Believin' we could cut someplace of our own. With these drums and these guitars. Chorus:. We made a promise we swore we'd always remember. No retreat no surrender. Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow. to defend. No retreat no surrender. Blood brother in the stormy night with a vow to defend. No retreat no surrender. Now on the street tonight the lights gro dim. The walls of my room are closing in. But it's good to see your smiling face. And to hear your voice again. We could sleep in the twilight. By the river bed. With a wide open country in our hearts. And these romantic dreams in our heads. Chorus:. We made a promise we swore we'd always remember. No retreat no surrender. Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow. to defend. No retreat no surrende