As we stood there older than the man
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 gently 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 the reminder 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

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
Somewheres 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
Never say die (that's right)

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Drums: KENNY ARONOFF
Bass: RANDY JACKSON
Organ: BENMONT TENCH
Guitar: DANNY KORTCHMAR, ALDO NOVA
Guitar solo: JEFF BECK
Acoustic guitar: ROBIN CROSBY
Acoustic guitar & vocals: JON BON JOVI
(c) 1990 Bon Jovi Publishing / PRI Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

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