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 [bad word] easy
It's a game of give and take

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

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

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
But mama said:

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

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