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, oh 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
You've got to trust the good times, 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
Is when I feel my strength, yeah is almost gone,

I remember mama said, 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

No I can't bear to live my life alone
I've grown impatient for a love to call my own
But when I feel that high I can't go on
These pressures words keeps me hangin' on

I remember mama said, 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 trust good times, 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'll just have to wait
She said trust good times, no matter how long it takes
You can't hurry love, no you'll just have to wait
(Fade out)