Start me up, start me up<br />
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Tommy used to work on the docks<br />
Union's been on strike<br />
He's down on his luck<br />
It's tough, so tough<br />
<br />
We've got to hold on ready or not<br />
You live for the fight when it's all that you've got<br />
<br />
Start me up, we're half way there<br />
Livin' on a prayer<br />
Start me up, we'll make it, I swear<br />
Livin' on a prayer if you start me up<br />
<br />
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got<br />
I can't compete with the riders in the other heats<br />
I make a grown men cry<br />
I made a grown men give it a shot<br />
<br />
Start me up, we're half way there<br />
Livin' on a prayer<br />
Start me up, we'll make it, I swear<br />
Livin' on a prayer, livin' on a prayer<br />
<br />
We've got to hold on ready or not<br />
You live for the fight when it's all that you've got<br />
<br />
We're half way there<br />
Livin' on a prayer<br />
Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear<br />
Livin' on a prayer<br />
<br />
Start me up<br />
Livin' on a prayer<br />
Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear<br />
Livin' on a prayer<br />
<br />
We're half way there<br />
Livin' on a prayer<br />
Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear<br />
We livin' on a prayer, livin' on a prayer<br />
<br />
You got to start me up