Start me up 

Start me up 



Tommy used to work on the docks 

Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck. 

It's tough, oh so tough 



We gotta hold on ready or not 

You live the for the fight when that's all that you've got 



Start me up 

We're half way there 

Oh livin' on a prayer 



Start me up 

We'll make it I swear 

Oh livin' on a prayer 



If you start me up (uh) 

Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got 

I can't compete with riders in the other heat, yeah yeah 



I'll make a grown man cry, 

I'll make a grown man give it a shot 



Start me up 

We're half way there 

Oh livin' on a prayer 



Start me up 

We'll make it I swear 

Oh, livin' on a prayer 



Livin' on a prayer 



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Oh, we gotta hold on, ready or not 

You live for the fight when that's all that you've got 



Start me up 

Oh, we're half way there 

Oh, livin' on a prayer 

Take my hand, we'll make it I swear, 

Oh livin' on a prayer 



Start me up 

If you start me up I'll never stop (I'll never stop) 

Livin' on a prayer 

Take my hand and we'll make it I swear 

Oh, livin on a prayer 



Oh, we're half way there 

Oh, livin' on a prayer 

Take my hand and we'll make it I swear, 

Oh livin' on a prayer (we're almost there) 



Livin' on a prayer 

You gotta start me up