Never Surrender

Album: Boy in the Box (1985)
Charted: 3
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  • Just a little more time is all we're asking for
    'Cause just a little more time could open closing doors
    Just a little uncertainty can bring you down

    And nobody wants to know you now
    And nobody wants to show you how

    So if you're lost and on your own
    You can never surrender
    And if your path won't lead you home
    You can never surrender

    And when the night is cold and dark
    You can see, you can see light
    'Cause no one can take away your right
    To fight and to never surrender

    With a little perseverance
    You can get things done
    Without the blind adherence
    That has conquered some

    And nobody wants to know you now
    And nobody wants to show you how

    So if you're lost and on your own
    You can never surrender
    And if your path won't lead you home
    You can never surrender

    And when the night is cold and dark
    You can see, you can see light
    'Cause no one can take away your right
    To fight and to never surrender
    To never surrender

    And when the night is cold and dark
    You can see, you can see light
    No one can take away your right
    To fight and to never surrender
    To never surrender

    Oh, time is all we're asking for
    To never surrender
    Oh, oh, oh, oh
    You can never surrender

    The time is all you're asking for
    Ooh, stand your ground, never surrender
    Oh, oh, oh, oh
    I said you never surrender, oh Writer/s: Corey Hart
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Da Troof from Grand Haven, MiI wonder if he ever used to hang out with the other two Coreys.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1985 {August 11} "Never Surrender" by Corey Hart peaked at #3 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Top 100* chart...
    And one month earlier on July 6th, 1985, "Never Surrender" peaked at #1 {for 4 weeks} on the Canadian RPM Singles chart...
    Between 1984 and 1990 the Montreal, Quebec, Canada native had ten records on Top 100 chart, two made the Top 10, the above "Never Surrender" was his biggest hit...
    Besides "Never Surrender", his other Top 10 record was "Sunglasses At Night", it peaked at #7 {for 1 week} in August of 1984...
    Plus he had two Top 20 records, "It Ain't Enough" {#17 in 1984} and "I Am By Your Side" {#18 in 1986}...
    Corey Mitchell Hart celebrated his 58th birthday three months ago on May 31st, 2020...
    * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the Billboard's Top 10 for August 11th, 1985:
    At #1. "Shout" by Tears For Fears
    #2. "Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & The News
    #3. the above "Never Surrender"
    #4. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" by Sting
    #5. 'Freeway of Love" by Aretha Franklin
    #6. "Every Time You Go Away" by Paul Young
    #7. "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" by John Parr
    #8. "Who's Holding Donna Now" by DeBarge
    #9. "Summer of ’69" by Bryan Adams
    #10. "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner
  • Darren from Atlanta, Ga Song of my Life! Love this song/video. Totally one of those 80s summer songs that made you depressed when school started up again just around the corner.
  • Chelsea from Phoenix , AzAmazing song!
  • Aidan from Boiling Springs, PaCorey worked for PHEAA in Harrisburg, PA for very short amount of time.

    My father-in-law worked there from the late 70's, up until his retirement in 2004, and he told me Corey Hart was an employee at one time. True Story!
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