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 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      Solo      Yeah, and we could run like lightning   Through the pouring rain   And we'll be standing like a soldier   Who comes marching 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'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