I need love, love
Oh, 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 [bad word] easy
But it's a game of give and take"

You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
Just [bad word] in a 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, oh, it's almost gone

I remember mama said, "You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait"
She said, "Love [bad word] easy
It's a game of give and take"

How long must I wait
How much more must I take
Before loneliness
Will cause my heart, heart to break

No, I cant 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
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 [bad word] easy
Well, it's a game of give and take"

You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
Just [bad word] in a good time
No matter how long it takes, now break

Now love, love [bad word] 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
Oh, till that day
But it ain't easy
(Love [bad word] 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 [bad word] easy
But it's a game of give and take"

You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
She said, "Love [bad word] easy
It's a game of give and take"