Just got out of Paris
done my time by the Seine
she said love lasts forever

only fools dance in vain
maybe I head out for London
to do my share down the Thames

sick and tired of you talking
about your world in chains yeah!
Don't let them get to your head boy

you ain't no good on your knees
well I ain't bleeding for no one
I ain't diggin' to please - and I

won't back down, I won't back down
I won't back down from where I came
on a one track down

Just go back to New York
for a stroll down the Hudson
what a nice place to be

said the young and handsome
well I ain't running to someone
I ain't scared to see

I'm just spending my time here
and it ain't for free - and
I won't back down

I won't back down
I won't back down from where I came
on a one track down (I won't back down)

she got out of Los Angeles
did her time by the ocean (she said)
you won't believe all the jerks there

all so pretty in London
so take me back to Paris
for a walk down the Seine

we could stay there forever
we could dance thru this rain
I won't back down

I won't back down
I won't back down from where I came
on a one track down

I won't back down
I won't back down
I won't back down from where I came

on a one track down
I won't back down
I won't back down