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   on you just have to wait   she said love dont come easy   its a game of give and take   you cant hurry love no you just have to wait   you gotta 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 hanging on   when I feel my strength, yeah is almost gone   just remember mama said      you can't hurry love   no you just have to wait   she said love don't come easy   its 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 hanging on   I remember mama said      you can't hurry love   no, you'll just have to wait   she said love don't come easy   its a game of give and take   you can't hurry love    no, you'll just have to wait   she said trust, give it time   no matter how long it takes      you know love, love dont 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 aint easy, it aint easy   but mama said      you can't hurry love   no, you just have to wait   she said 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 easy   its a game of give and take      you cant hurry love..   you cant hurry love..   you cant hurry looove!