Female singer

Chorus

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

you live for the fight

when that's all that

you've got

Start me up

we're half way there

oh-oh livin' on a prayer

start me up

We'll make it I swear

oh-oh livin' on a prayer

if you start me up

(huh)

Kick on the starter

give it all you've got

you've got to, you've

got to, you've got to

I can't compete

With the 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-oh livin' on a prayer

start me up

We'll make it I swear

oh-oh livin' on a prayer

we're livin' on a prayer

Oh we gotta hold on

ready or not

you live for the fight

when that's all that

you've got

Ooh we're half way there

oh-oh livin' on a prayer

take my hand

and we'll make it I swear

oh-oh livin' on a prayer

Start me up

If you start me up

I'll never stop

livin' on a prayer

start me up

If you start me up

I'll never stop

livin' on a prayer

Ooh we're half way there

oh-oh livin' on a prayer

take my hand

and we'll make it I swear

oh-oh livin' on a prayer

Livin' on a prayer

you've got to

start me up