The Jackson 5 – If I Don’t Love You This Way

Featured on the Jackson 5’s Dancing Machine album, issued in September 1974 in the US and November 1974 in the UK.

Michael, in an interview with Don Cornelius in 1974, stated he originally recorded the song for a solo album, but that it was included on Dancing Machine instead.

It was performed solo by Michael on Soul Train in the US in 1974.

Originally recorded by the Temptations, and included on their album, House Party, released in 1974.

If I Don’t Love You This Way – Lyrics

If I don’t love you this way
If I don’t love you this way

If I don’t love you this way
Why do I say what I say, yeah
If I don’t need you this much
Why do I ache for your touch, yeah

But you it seems
I can reach the stars
With reckless hopes and dreams
But you it seems
Still don’t believe
How valuable you are
I’m really loving you
Not pretending to

If I don’t love you this strong
What do I beg to belong, yeah
How can you doubt that I care
When I’m with you everywhere, yeah

With you I find
I can close my eyes
To the world surrounding me
And you create
The sweetest things
That I could ever be
I’m really loving you
Not pretending to

If I don’t love you this way
Why do I say what I say, yeah
If I don’t need you this much
Why do I ache for your touch, yeah

You just have to smile
To make my life worthwhile
Doesn’t that explain
That I’m playin’ no game

If I don’t love you this way
Why do I say what I say, yeah
If I don’t need you this much
Why do I ache for your touch, yeah