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
    [Guitar solo]
    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 (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 (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)