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, so tough We've got to hold on ready or not You live for the fight when it's all that you've got Start me up, we're half way there Livin' on a prayer Start me up, we'll make it, I swear Livin' on a prayer if you start me up Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got I can't compete with the riders in the other heats I make a grown men cry I made a grown men give it a shot Start me up, we're half way there Livin' on a prayer Start me up, we'll make it, I swear Livin' on a prayer, livin' on a prayer We've got to hold on ready or not You live for the fight when it's all that you've got We're half way there Livin' on a prayer Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear Livin' on a prayer Start me up Livin' on a prayer Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear Livin' on a prayer We're half way there Livin' on a prayer Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear We livin' on a prayer, livin' on a prayer You got to start me up