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 don't come easy   It's a game of give and take   I can't hurry love   No, you'll just have to wait   You gotta just 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'll just have to wait   She said love don't come 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      Now 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 keep me hangin' on   I remember mama said      You can't hurry love   No, you'll just have to wait   She said love don't come 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 don't come easy   But I keep on waitin'   Anticipating for that soft voice   To talk to me at night   For some tender arms   To hold me tight   I keep waiting   Keep on waitin' (for that day)   But it ain't easy yeah   It ain't easy   But 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   You can't hurry love   No, you'll just have to wait   She said love don't come easy   It's a game of give and take      You can't hurry love   No, you'll just have to wait   She said just give it time   No matter how long it takes   You can't hurry love   No, you'll just have to wait