As we stood in there older than a man
And younger than the boys
We were as still as the wind
That blows on a hot August nightAnd 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 hurricaneAnd we knew how to laugh
And we knew how to cry
Yeah, we sure knew how to live
But we don't everNever say die, never say dieI guess you'd say we had a pact
These words we knew so well
Still they remained unspoken
And we'd take them to the fiery gates of HellOnce 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 sayNever say die, never say noYou 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 dieYeah and we could run like lightning
Through the pouring rain
They we'll be standing like a soldier
Who comes marching home againThey 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'Cause 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 goodbyeNever say die, never say noYou 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