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You Keep Me Hangin' On

Kim Wilde; Nena

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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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Set me free, why don't you, babe?

Set me free, why don't you, babe?

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

Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.

don't

don't

hangin

hanging out

keep

keep

babe

babe

free

free

life

life

really

really