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'll just have to
wait
She said love [bad word] easy
It's a game of give and take
I can't hurry love, no, you
just have to wait
You've got to just, give it time
No matter how long it takes

But, 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, yeah 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 bare 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 keep me
hangin' on

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
I can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to
wait
She said just, give it
time
No matter how long it takes,
gotta wait!

No 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 to hold me
tight
I keep waiting, I keep on
waiting
But it ain't easy (it ain't
easy)
When mama said

When mama said
You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to
wait
She said, just give it time, no
matter how long it takes
She said love [bad word] easy it's a
game of give and take