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 got to 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
It's 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 words keeps 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”
Gotta wait

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 ain't easy it ain't easy, but mama said

“You can't hurry love no, you just have to wait”
She said, “To trust, give it time no matter how long it takes”
You can't hurry love no, you just have to wait
She said, “Love don't come