I need love, love
Ooh, to ease my mind
And I need to find time
Someone to call mine
My mama said

You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
She said, love don't come easy
But it's a game of give and take
You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
Just trust in the good time
No matter how long it takes

How many heartaches must I stand
Before I find the love
To let me live again
Right now the only thing
That keeps me hanging on
When I feel my strength
Ooh, it's almost gone
I remember mama said

You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
She said, love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take
How long must I wait
How much more must I take
Before lonliness
Will cause my heart, heart to break
No, I can't bear to live my life alone
I grown impatient for a love to call my own
But when I feel that I
I can't go on
Well these precious words
Keep me hanging on
I remember mama said

You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
She said, love don't come easy
Well, it's a game of give and take
You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
Just trust in the good time
No matter how long it takes, now break

Now love, love
It don't come easy
But I keep on waiting
Anticipating for that soft voice
To talk to me at night
For some tender arms
Hold me tight
I keep waiting
Ooh, until that day
But it ain't easy
(Love don't come easy)
No, you know it ain't easy
My mama said

You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
She said, love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take
You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
She said, love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take