Livin' o a Prayer

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Tommy used to work on the docks
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Union's been on strike. He's down on his luck
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It's though     so though. 

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Gina work the dinner all day
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Working for her man. She brings home here pay
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For love     for love.

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      We've got to hold on to what we've got
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It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
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We've got each other and that's a lot  for love.
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We'll give it a shot.

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Woo  we're halfway there  woo  livin' on a prayer.
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Take my hand we'll make it  I swear
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  Wooo  livin' on a prayer                 wo-oo-o

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Tommy's got his six string in hock 
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now he's holding in  what he used to make it talk
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So though     it's so though.

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Gina dreams of running away
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      When she cries in the night  Tommy whispers:
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       Baby it's O.K.,   some day.      (Oh, yes some day)

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We've got to hold on to what we've got
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It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
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We've got each other and that's a lot  for love.
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We'll give it a shot.

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Woo  we're halfway there  woo  livin' on a prayer.
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Take my hand we'll make it  I swear
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  Wooo  livin' on a prayer, We're livin' on a prayer

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He say's we've got to hold on, ready or not.
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You live for the fight when it's all that you've got.

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       And I said, Woo,  we're halfway there  
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Wooo  livin' on a prayer.
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      Take my hand we'll make it  I swear
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Wooo  livin' on a prayer

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Woo  we're halfway there,  woo  livin' on a prayer.
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Take my hand we'll make it  I swear
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  Wooo  livin' on a prayer