In this proud land we grew up strong we were wanted all along

I was taught to fight taught to win I never thought I could fail

No fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted

I've changed my face I've changed my name but no one wants you when you lose

Don't give up cause you have friends don't give up you're not beaten yet

Don't give up I know you can make it good



Though I saw it all around I never thought that I could be affected

I thought that we would be the last to go it is so strange the way things turn

Drove the night toward my home the place that I was born on the lakeside

And as daylight broke I saw the earth the trees had burned down to the ground

Don't give up you still have us

Don't give up we don't need much of anything

Don't give up cause somewhere there's a place there's a place where we belong



Got to walk out of here I can't take anymore

I'm gonna stand on that bridge keep my eyes down below

Whatever may come and whatever may go

That river's flowing that river's flowing



Moved on to another town tried hard to settle down

For every job so many men so many men no one needs

Don't give up cause you have friends don't give up you're not the only one

Don't give up no reason to be ashamed don't give up you still have us

Don't give up now we're proud of who you are

Don't give up you know it's never been easy

Don't give up cause I believe there's a place there's a place where we belong

Writer : SCHMIT, TIMOTHY B
Copyright : Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.