Lyrics:

New Directions girls:
Start me up!
Start me up!

Rachel:
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

Tina Rachel:
Oh, we've got to hold on, ready or not
You live for the fight when that's all that you've got!

New Directions girls:
Start me up! We're halfway there
Ohhh, oh! Livin' on a prayer
Start me up! We'll make it I swear
Ohhh, oh! Livin' on a prayer

Mercedes:
If you start me up
Kick on the starter give it all you've got
You've got, you've got
I can't compete
With the riders in the other heat
Yeah, yeah

Santana Mercedes:
I'll make a grown man cry
I'll make a grown man give it a shot!

New Directions girls:
Start me up! We're halfway there
Ohhh, oh! Livin' on a prayer
Start me up! We'll make it I swear
Ohhh, oh! Livin' on a prayer

Rachel:
Livin' on a prayer!

Tina Rachel:
Oh, we've got to hold on, ready or not
You live for the fight when that's all that you've got!

New Directions girls:
Ohhh! We're halfway there (We're halfway there)
Ohhh, oh! Livin' on a prayer (Livin' on a prayer)
Take my hand, and we'll make it I swear (Make it I swear, yeah)
Ohhh, 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)
Take my hand, and we'll make it I swear
(Livin' on a prayer)
Livin' on a prayer

Ohhh! We're halfway there
Ohhh, oh! Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand, and we'll make it I swear
(We're almost there)
Ohhh, oh! Livin' on a prayer
(We're livin' on a prayer)

Livin' on a prayer!
You've got to START ME UP!