Start Me Up / Livin’ On a Prayer
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Start Me Up / Livin’ On a Prayer Lyrics
[MERCEDES with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[MERCEDES & RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS Vocalizing]
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 (& BRITTANY with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Oh, we gotta (Hold on)
[BRITTANY & TINA, (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Ready or not (Ready or not)
[RACHEL (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
You live for the fight when that's (all that you got)
[MERCEDES & TINA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We're halfway there
Start me up
[MERCEDES & RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS Vocalizing]
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 (& BRITTANY with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Oh, we gotta (Hold on)
[BRITTANY & TINA, (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Ready or not (Ready or not)
[RACHEL (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
You live for the fight when that's (all that you got)
[MERCEDES & TINA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We're halfway there
[SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Oh, woah! Livin' on a prayer
[MERCEDES & TINA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We'll make it – I swear
[SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Oh woah! Livin' on a prayer
[MERCEDES & (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
If you start me up (Uh!)
Kick on the starter give it all you got
You got it (chh), you got it (chh; you got it)
I can’t compete (Ooooo)
With the riders in the other heat
Yeah yeah! (Oh, we gotta)
[MERCEDES & SANTANA, (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
(Hold on) I'll make a grown man cry (Oh we gotta)
I'll make a grown man (Got each other)
[MERCEDES & SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Give it a shot
Oh, woah! Livin' on a prayer
[MERCEDES & TINA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We'll make it – I swear
[SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Oh woah! Livin' on a prayer
[MERCEDES & (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
If you start me up (Uh!)
Kick on the starter give it all you got
You got it (chh), you got it (chh; you got it)
I can’t compete (Ooooo)
With the riders in the other heat
Yeah yeah! (Oh, we gotta)
[MERCEDES & SANTANA, (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
(Hold on) I'll make a grown man cry (Oh we gotta)
I'll make a grown man (Got each other)
[MERCEDES & SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Give it a shot
[MERCEDES & TINA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We're halfway there
[SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Oh woah! Livin' on a prayer
[MERCEDES & TINA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We'll make it – I swear
[SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Oh woah! Livin' on a prayer
[RACHEL]
Livin' on a prayer!
[TINA]
Oh we gotta
[MERCEDES with TINA, (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Hold on, ready or not (Ready or not)
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We're halfway there
[SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Oh woah! Livin' on a prayer
[MERCEDES & TINA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We'll make it – I swear
[SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Oh woah! Livin' on a prayer
[RACHEL]
Livin' on a prayer!
[TINA]
Oh we gotta
[MERCEDES with TINA, (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Hold on, ready or not (Ready or not)
[RACHEL (with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
You live for the fight when that's (all that you got)
[RACHEL (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Oooooh, (Start me up) We're halfway there
[MERCEDES & (SANTANA)]
We're halfway there (Woah! Livin' on a prayer!)
Livin' on a prayer!
[RACHEL & (MERCEDES)]
Take my hand and we’ll make it I swear (Mercedes: Make it I swear, yeah)
[RACHEL & SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Oooh! Livin' on a prayer!
[MERCEDES & (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Start me up (If you start me up, I'll never stop)
I’ll never stop
[SANTANA & (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Livin' on a prayer (Start me up)
[RACHEL & (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS), {MERCEDES}]
Take my hand and we’ll make it I swear (If you start me up I'll never stop) {Livin' on a prayer}
Livin' on a prayer (Start me up)
Oh, we're halfway there
[SANTANA & (MERCEDES)]
Oh woah! Livin' on a prayer (Livin', on a prayer)
[RACHEL & (MERCEDES)]
Take my hand (Yeah!) and we’ll make it I swear
[MERCEDES, (SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
We're almost there (Ohh!)
[MERCEDES with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We're livin' on a prayer
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Living on a prayer
[MERCEDES]
You gotta
[MERCEDES & RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
You live for the fight when that's (all that you got)
[RACHEL (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Oooooh, (Start me up) We're halfway there
[MERCEDES & (SANTANA)]
We're halfway there (Woah! Livin' on a prayer!)
Livin' on a prayer!
[RACHEL & (MERCEDES)]
Take my hand and we’ll make it I swear (Mercedes: Make it I swear, yeah)
[RACHEL & SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Oooh! Livin' on a prayer!
[MERCEDES & (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Start me up (If you start me up, I'll never stop)
I’ll never stop
[SANTANA & (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
Livin' on a prayer (Start me up)
[RACHEL & (NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS), {MERCEDES}]
Take my hand and we’ll make it I swear (If you start me up I'll never stop) {Livin' on a prayer}
Livin' on a prayer (Start me up)
Oh, we're halfway there
[SANTANA & (MERCEDES)]
Oh woah! Livin' on a prayer (Livin', on a prayer)
[RACHEL & (MERCEDES)]
Take my hand (Yeah!) and we’ll make it I swear
[MERCEDES, (SANTANA with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS)]
We're almost there (Ohh!)
[MERCEDES with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
We're livin' on a prayer
[RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Living on a prayer
[MERCEDES]
You gotta
[MERCEDES & RACHEL with NEW DIRECTIONS GIRLS]
Start me up
About
Genius Annotation
“Start Me Up/Livin' on a Prayer” by The Rolling Stones/Bon Jovi is a mash-up featured in Never Been Kissed, the sixth episode of Season Two. It is sung by the New Directions Girls, with solos from Brittany (Heather Morris), Mercedes (Amber Riley), Rachel (Lea Michele), Santana (Naya Rivera), and Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz).
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Released on
November 9, 2010
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