I need love, love, to ease my mind
I need to find, find, someone to call mine
But mama said

You can't hurry love
No, you 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 just have to wait
You gotta trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes

But how many heartaches must I stand
Before I find a love to let me live again

Right now the only thing that keeps me hangin' on

When I feel my strength, yeah, is almost gone
I remember mama said

(You can't hurry love)
No, you 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 can I take

Before loneliness will cause
My heart, heart to break

No I can't bear to live my life alone
I grow impatient for a love to call my own

But when I feel that I, I can't go on

These precious works keep me hangin'on
I remember mama said

(You can't hurry love)
No, you 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 just have to wait
She said trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes

No, love, love, don't come easy
But I keep on waiting, anticipating

For that soft voice to talk to me at night
For some tender arms to hold me tight

I keep waiting, I keep on waiting
But it aint't easy, it ain't easy
When mama said

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes