Set me free, why don't you, babe?
Set me free, why don't you, babe?
Song translation
You Keep Me Hangin' On
Kim Wilde; Nena
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About this song
You Keep Me Hangin' On by Kim Wilde; Nena is a great song to learn German through music. This page breaks down 47 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as don't, hangin, keep. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.
Lyrics and Translation
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Keep me hangin' on
Keep me hangin' on
Set my free, why don't you, babe?
Set my free, why don't you, babe?
Get out my life, why don't you, babe?
Get out of my life, why don't you, babe?
'Cause you don't really love me
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
You just keep me hangin' on
Set me free, why don't you, babe?
Set me free, why don't you, babe?
Get out my life, why don't you, babe? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Get out of my life, why don't you, babe? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really need me
'Cause you don't really need me
You kust keep me hangin' on
You keep me hangin' on
Why do you keep a-comin' around playin' with my heart?
Why do you keep a-comin' around playin' with my heart?
Why don't you get out of my life
Why don't you get out of my life?
And let me make a brand-new start?
And let me make a brand new start?
Let me get over you, the way you've gotten over me, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let me get over you, the way you've gotten over me, yeah, yeah, yeah
Set me free, why don't you, babe?
Set me free, why don't you, babe?
Get out my life, why don't you, babe? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Get out of my life, why don't you, babe? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
You just keep me hangin' on
No, you don't really need me
No, you don't really need me
You just keep me hangin' on
You just keep me hangin' on
You say although we broke up
You say although we broke up
You still just wanna be friends
You still just want to be friends
But how can we still be friends
But how can we still be friends?
When seeing you only breaks my heart again?
When seeing you only breaks my heart again?
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa (and there ain't nothing I can do about it)
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa (and there ain't nothing I can do about it)
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa (when darkness has gone by tomorrow)
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa (when darkness has gone by tomorrow)
Hey, yeah
Hey, yeah
Get out, get out of my life
Get out, get out of my life
And let me sleep at night
And let me sleep at night
'Cause you don't really love me
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me (hangin' on) hangin' on
You just keep me (hangin' on) hangin' on
You say you still care for me
You say you still care for me
But your heart and soul needs to be free
But your heart and soul needs to be free
And now that you've got your freedom
And now that you've got your freedom
You wanna still hold on to me, yeah, yeah
You wanna still hold on to me, yeah, yeah
You don't want me for yourself
You don't want me for yourself
So let me find somebody else
So let me find someone else
Why don't you be a man about it?
Why don't you be a man about it?
Set me free (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Set me free (ooh-ooh-ooh)
No, you don't care a thing about me
No, you don't care a thing about me
You're just usin' me, hey, abusin' me
You're just usin' me, hey, abusin' me
Get out, get out of my life
Get out, get out of my life
And let me sleep at night (ooh-ooh-ooh)
And let me sleep at night (ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on, hangin' on
You just keep me hangin' on, hangin' on
Song Vocabulary
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don't
don't
hangin
hanging out
keep
keep
babe
babe
free
free
life
life
really
really