You Can't Hurry Love

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 gotta 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 hanging 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" (gotta wait)

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 (give and take)
But it ain't easy, it ain't easy

When Mama said, "You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait"
She said, "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"