Start me up
Start me up
Oh, Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck
It's tough, oh, so tough
Oh, we gotta hold on, ready or not (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 (ooh) with the riders in the other heat, yeah yeah
(Oh, we gotta hold on) I'll make a grown man cry
(We've got each other) 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
Oh, we gotta hold on, ready or not (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 (we're half way there)
Oh, livin' on a prayer (livin' on a prayer)
Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear (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 (start me up)
Take my hand and we'll make it I swear (livin' on a prayer)
Livin' on a prayer
Oh, we're half way there
Oh, livin' on a prayer (livin' on a prayer)
Take my hand and we'll make it I swear (yeah, we're almost there)
Oh, we're livin' on a prayer
Livin' on a prayer
You gotta start me up