Болховитин Александр Павлович Never Surrender

Never surrender, even when it’s hard
Your rival pulls ahead, you’ve been burned by the sun
The leader’s storming toward the final yard


Never surrender — that phrase is strong
We were all born to fight
My mother is right, she’s always right
Stand up for the truth with all your might!


And you start to endure, and endure, and endure
Your legs won’t run, they just crawl
It’s way too soon to taste defeat
They only wait for the first to cross the wall

Never surrender — that phrase is strong
We were all born to fight
My mother is right, she’s always right
Stand up for the truth with all your might!


They’ll remember the first, write his name in the page
And you’re second — behind, on the stage
Running with Kenyans, Altai will write
Someone gave them a real fight tonight


Never surrender — that phrase is strong
We were all born to fight
My mother is right, she’s always right
Stand up for the truth with all your might!

Never surrender, though the road is steep
There’s so little justice in life
To fight on your own is a promise to keep
But this is just the start of the knife

Never surrender — that phrase is strong
We were all born to fight
My mother is right, she’s always right
Stand up for the truth with all your might!


And you push through your breathing — inhale, inhale
Your legs keep pounding the ground
The leader’s lungs are starting to fail
And you pull him back, inch by pound

Never surrender — that phrase is strong
We were all born to fight
My mother is right, she’s always right
Stand up for the truth with all your might!

Still kilometers left to catch up
You raise the pace inside your chest
Silently chanting Run, just run
And you’ve been doing that for years without rest


Never surrender — that phrase is strong
We were all born to fight
My mother is right, she’s always right
Stand up for the truth with all your might!