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Artist: Madness
Canonical path: /madness/you-keep-me-hanging-on
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You Keep Me Hanging On
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You Keep Me Hanging On
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Set me free why don't you baby
Get out of my life why don't you baby
'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 coming 'round
Playing with my heart
Why don't you get out of my life
And let me make a new start
Lettin' me get over you, like the way you've gotten over me.....Yeah
Set me free why don't you baby
Let me be why don't you baby
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
Now you don't really want me
You just keep me hangin' on
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
(And there ain't nothin' I can do about it.....Yeah)
Let me be why don't you baby (Whoa oa oa oa)
Get out of my life why don't you baby (Whoa oa oa oa)
Set me free why don't you baby
Get out of my life why don't you baby
You claim you still care about me
But your heart and soul needs to be free
Amd I'm letting you get your free
You wanna still hold onto me
You don't want me for yourself
So let me find somebody else (Yeah ah)
Why don't you be a man about it
And set me free
You don't care a thing about me
You're just using me
Go on
Get out
Get out of my life
And let me sleep at night
Please
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
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