Never Say Die

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