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 don't come easy   It's a game of give and take      You can't hurry love   No, you just have to wait   You got to 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 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 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?      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 don't come easy   It's a game of give and take      You can't hurry love   No, you just have to wait   She said trust, give it time   No matter how long it takes      No, love, love, don't 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 ain't easy   It ain't easy   But mama said      You can't hurry love   No, you just have to wait   She said to 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   It's a game of give and take