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Artist: Glee
Canonical path: /glee/start-me-up-livin-on-a-prayer
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Start Me Up / Livin' On a Prayer
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Start Me Up / Livin' On a Prayer
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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 heat
Yeah, don't make a grown man cry
I made a grown man 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
I never stop
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
Livin' on a prayer
Livin' on a prayer
You got to start me up!
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