Every time I cook, look like you can't get enough 
 Fix you a pot of soup and make you drink it up 
 So keep on a-eating 
 Oh, keep on a-eating 
 Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough 

 You don't like nobody's cooking but mine 
 Get up in the morning and fix you a tenderloin 
 So keep on a-eating 
 Oh, keep on a-eating 
 Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough 

 Don't tell nobody that I tried to be tough 
 I just got a man so hard to fill up 
 So keep on a-eating 
 Oh, keep on a-eating 
 Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough 

 (spoken: 
 Oh, play it now, Mr. Charlie 
 Yes, man! Just keep on eating 
 You'll get through it someday) 

 I know you're crazy about your oysters and your shrimp and crab 
 Take you around the corner and give you a chance to grab 
 So keep on a-eating 
 Oh, keep on a-eating 
 Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough 

 I've cooked and cooked till I done got tired 
 Can't fill you up off of my fried apple pie 
 So keep on a-eating 
 Oh, keep on a-eating 
 Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough 

 I know you got a bad cold and you can't smell 
 I ain't gonna give you something that I can't sell 
 So keep on a-eating 
 Oh, keep on a-eating 
 Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough