At McKinley In The Choir Room
New Directions Girls Outfits
Rachel walks over to the girls who were all dressed up. "Where is Jess?" Quinn asks them. "Sorry, girls." Rachel said to them making the girls look at her. "She is in a test that she can't leave." Rachel said to them. "Who is going to sing her lines?" Tina asks them. "I love to do it." Rachel said to them making the girls look at her. "Okay, girls ready when you are." Will said to them. "Let's go." Rachel said to them and the band starts playing.
New Directions Girls
Start me up
The girls while walking out of the choir's room office and the brothers get worried when Jesse didn't walk out.
New Directions Girls
Start me up
Rachel with New Directions Girls vocalizing
Oh, Tommy used to work on the docks
Rachel sings while walking out making the brothers more worried.
Rachel with New Directions Girls vocalizing
Union's been on strike
He's down on his luck
It's tough
Oh, so tough
Oh, we gotta hold on
Brittany and Tina (New Directions Girls)
Ready or not (Ready or not)
Rachel (with New Direction Girls)
You live for the fight when that's (all that you got)
New Directions Girls
Start me up
We're halfway there
Oh, woah! Livin' on a prayer
Start me up
We'll make it – I swear
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)
Jamey and Sebastian look at each other and start talking.
Mercedes and 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)
New Directions Girls
Give it a shot
Start me up
We're halfway there
Oh woah! Livin' on a prayer
Start me up
We'll make it – I swear
Oh Woah! Livin' on a prayer
Rachel
Livin' on a prayer!
The girls walk over to the band.
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
We're halfway there
(Santana: Woah! Livin' on a prayer!)
Livin' on a prayer!
Rachel
Take my hand and
We'll make it I swear
(Mercedes: Make it I swear, yeah)
New Directions Girls
Oooh! Livin' on a prayer!
Mercedes
Start me up
(New Directions Girls: 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)
Take my hand and we'll make it I swear (If you start me up I'll never stop) (Mercedes: 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
We're almost there (with New Directions Girls: Ohhh!)
New Directions Girls
We're livin' on a prayer
Living on a prayer
Mercedes
You gotta
New Directions Girls
Start me up
The song ends and everyone cheers for them. "Ladies, very, very impressive! What made you guys choose those songs?" Will asks them. "We don't know, Jess picked them." Quinn said to him. "And where is Jesse?" Jamey asks them.