Jackson 5 – I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore

One of seven previously unheard songs included on the Jackson 5’s album, BOOGIE, released on the Natural Resources label in January 1979 in North America only.

Album quickly withdrawn, and not made available again until 2004, when it and JOYFUL JUKEBOX MUSIC were released on one CD (no UK release).

Original version by the Young Rascals featured on their eponymous 1966 album.

I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore – Lyrics

Yeah
I admit you got the biggest brown eyes
And you know how to part your lips to tantalize, sure

Yeah
You can get any man you want, go ahead you do it
And don’t say you don’t know you do

Baby, I ain’t gonna eat out my heart anymore
I ain’t gonna eat out my heart anymore
So quit
(So quit, girl)

I love you, I love you, I do, girl
But you ain’t gonna cheat on me
I need you, I need you, I do, girl
Choose, is it him or me ?

Yeah
Just ’cause I ain’t been sayin’, girl
You should be ashamed of what I’ve been seein’, baby

Yeah
You better watch your step or, girl
You can bet you’re gonna lose the best thing you ever had

Baby, I ain’t gonna eat out my heart anymore
I ain’t gonna eat out my heart anymore
So quit
(So quit, girl)

Yeah

I love you, I love you, I do, girl
But you ain’t gonna cheat on me
I need you, I need you, I really do, girl
Is it him or me ?

Baby, I ain’t gonna eat out my heart anymore
I ain’t gonna eat out my heart anymore
I ain’t gonna eat out my heart anymore