"No Surrender" lyrics
"No Surrender"
Well, we busted out of class
Had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three-minute record, baby
Than 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
Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Well, 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 your sister's voice calling us home
Across the open yards
Well maybe we'll cut someplace of our own
With these drums and these guitars
Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim
The walls of my room are closing in
There's a war outside still raging
You say it ain't ours anymore to win
I want to sleep beneath
Peaceful skies in my lover's bed
With a wide open country in my eyes
And these romantic dreams in my head
Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Thanks to Gwen, John Lintern, Lasse Ebbesen for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen was inspired by his friendship with his band members when he wrote this song. It was originally called "Brothers Under The Bridges".
Bruce Springsteen was reluctant to add this song to the album, but E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt convinced him to put it on. It has since become popular and been played on many of concerts.
One of Jean-Claude Van Damme's first films has the title "No Retreat, No Surrender" which was borrowed from this track's chorus.
There is a slower version of "No Surrender" which Bruce Springsteen often performed at concerts. It was also included on the box set "Live 1975-1985".
The line of this song's lyrics "We learned more from a three-minute record than we ever learned in school" was written on
Taylor Swift's arm on one of her live shows in Raleigh, N.C., the USA. Bruce Springsteen himself went backstage before the show to meet with her, and she paid tribute to him in her arm lyric for the night, like she did every day with other song quotes during her 2011 Speak Now Tour.
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"Born In The U.S.A." (1984)
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