Livin' On A Prayer (Live At Cobo Arena, Detroit, March 11, 1987)

[Intro]

Thank you very much

We've been on the road, come on, Ralphie

We've been on the road for a long time now, and uh

There's a place called Biloxi, Mississippi

And it's way down in the South

And there was this one day when a

An old man come up to me one day on a

Walkin' around on a cane you know

And he hardly had any teeth left

And he's walkin' on the streets and

He came up to me and he said

"Hey, boy, I heard that, heard that song of yours on the radio"

And I didn't know if he thought I was Chuck Barry or what, you know

I wasn't quite sure to know what to think

But anyhow, he said, "A long time ago, me and my wife, we used to feel like that too

And I just want you to know that it brought a lot of old, good memories"

And he just turned around and he walked away

So, I tell you what

Wherever you are right now Tommy, you and Gina, and everybody else as all

We just livin' on a prayer, alright

Once upon a time, not so long ago

[Verse 1]

Tommy used to work on the docks

The union been on strike, he's down on his luck, it's tough

So tough

Gina works the diner all day, she

Workin' for her man, she brings home her pay

For love

Oh, for love

[Pre-Chorus]

What she say?

She says, "We've gotta hold on to what we've got (Say)

It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not

We've got each other and that's a lot for love (Yeah)

We'll give it a shot"

[Chorus]

Woah, we're halfway there

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

[Verse 2]

Well, Tommy's got his six-string in hock

'Cause he's holdin' in, when he used to make it talk so tough

It's tough

Well, Gina dreams of runnin' away

When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers

"Baby, it's okay

Gina, baby, someday"

[Pre-Chorus]

We've gotta hold on, to what we've got

It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not

We've got each other and that's a lot for love (What, go)

[Chorus]

Woah, we're halfway there

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

Livin' on a prayer

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Ooh, we gotta hold on, ready or not

You live for the fight when that's all that you've got

[Chorus]

Woah, we're halfway there

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

Woah, we're halfway there

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

[Outro]

Gina, baby

All we gotta do

All we gotta do

All we gotta do

I'll be waiting

I'll always be waiting

Just come

Gina, baby

I'm coming home