I need love, love, love, ooh to easy my mind
And I need to find, find someone to call mine, my mama said
 [bad word] 
You can't hurry love, oh you'll just have to wait
She said love [bad word] easy, it's a game of give and take
You can't hurry love, oh you'll just have to wait
Just [bad word] in the good times, no matter how long it takes

But how many heartaches must I stand
Before I find a love to let me live again
'Cos right now the only thing that keeps me hangin' on
Is when I feel my strength, you know it's almost gone, I remember mama said

You can't hurry love, oh you 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 h-heart to break

Now I can't bear to live my life alone
I've grown impatient for a lover to call my own
And when I feel that I, I can't go on
You know I feel my strength, you know it's almost gone, I remember mama said
 [bad word] 
Then I'm free

Well now love, love, love [bad word] easy
I know I'll 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, ooh, till that day
But it ain't easy, you know it ain't easy, and my mama said
 [bad word]