Keep me hangin' on (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Keep me hangin' on (ooh-ooh-ooh)

Set me free, why don't you, baby
Get out my life, why don't you, baby? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
You don't really need me
But you keep me hangin' on

Why do you keep comin' around, playing with my heart?
Why don't you get out of my life and let me make a new start?
Let me get over you the way you've gotten over me, yeah, yeah

Set me free, why don't you, baby
Let me be, why don't you, baby? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
Now you don't really want me
But you keep me hangin' on

And you say although we broke up
You still wanna be just friends
But how can we still be friends
When seeing you only breaks my heart again?

Set me free, why don't you, baby
Get out of my life, why don't you, baby? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
'Cause you don't really need me
But you keep me hangin' on (ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on

Get out (get out of my life)
So get out, get out (get out of my life)
So get out, get out (get out of my life)
'Cause you don't really love me (get out of my life)

You claim you still care for me
But your heart and soul need to be free
And now that you've got your freedom, baby
You wanna still hold on to me
You don't want me for yourself, so let me find somebody else, yeah

Set me free, why don't you, baby
Get out my life, why don't you, baby? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Why don't you be a man about it
And set me free (ooh-ooh-ooh)
You don't care a thing about me
You're just using me (ooh-ooh-ooh)

So get out, get out (get out of my life)
And let me sleep at night (ooh-ooh-ooh)


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