i need love love ooh to ease my mind

and i need to find time

for some woman to call mine

my mama said

you can't hurry love

no you'll just have to wait

she said love don't come easy

well it's a game of give and take

you can't hurry love no

you'll just have to wait

just trust in a good time

no matter how long it takes

now 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

ooh 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 must i take

before loneliness cause my heart

my heart to break

no i can't bear to live my life alone

i grow impatient for a love

to call my own

when i feel that i

i can't go on

well these precious words

keep 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

well it's a game of give and take

you can't hurry love oh

you'll just have to wait

just trust in a good time no matter

how long it takes and now break

now love love it don't come easy

but i keep on waiting anticipating

for that soft voice

to talk to me at night

for some tender arms hold me tight

i keep waiting ooh until that day

but it ain't easy no

no it ain't easy my mama said

you can't hurry love no

you'll just have to wait

she said love don't come easy

well it's a game of give and take

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 love don't come easy

it's a game of give and take