I need love, love, to ease my mind
I need love, love, to ease my mind
I need to find, find, Someone to call mine
I need to find, find, someone to call mine
But mama said
[My] mama said;
You can't hurry love No, you just have to wait
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
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 can't hurry love No, you just have to wait
You gotta trust, give it time No matter how long it takes
You gotta trust, [given] time No matter how long it takes
But howmany heartaches must I stand
But how many heartaches must [have] stand
Before I find a love to let me live again
before I find [my] love to let me live again?
Right now the only thing that keeps me hangin' on
Right now the only thing that keeps me hanging on
When I feel my strength, yeah, is almost gone
When I feel my strength, Yeah, [it]'s almost gone
I remember mama said
I remember mama said; (You can't hurry love)
* No, you just have to wait
No, you just have to wait
She said love don't come easy
She said love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take
It's a game of give and take
How long must I wait
How long must I wait?
How much more can I take
How much more [than] I take?
Before loneliness will cause
[Lead for] lonliness will cause
My heart, heart to break
my heart, heart to break
No, I can't bear to live my life alone
No, I can't bear to live my life alone
I grow impatient for a love to call my own
I grow impatiant for [alone] to call my own
But when I feel that I, I can't go on
But when I feel that I, I can't go on
These precious words keeps me hangin' on
These precious words keeps me hanging on
I remember mama said
I remember mama said (You can't hurry love)
* refrain
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 can't hurry love No, you just have to wait
She said trust, give it time No matter how long it takes
She said trust, [given] time No matter how long it takes
No, love, love, don't come easy
No, love, love, don't come easy
But I keep on waiting, anticipating
But I keep on waiting, anticipating
For that soft voice to talk to me at night
for that soft voice to talk to me at night
For some tender arms to hold me tight
for some tender arms to hold me tight
But it ain't easy it ain't easy
I keep waiting I keep on waiting But it ain't easy it ain't easy When mama said
[My] mama said...