I need love, love Ooh, to ease my mind And I need to find time Someone 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 But 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 Oh how many heartaches must I stand Before I find new love to let me live again Right now, the only thing that keeps me hangin' 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 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 Well these precious words keep me hangin' 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 No, you'll just have to wait Just trust in a good time No matter how long it takes 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 To hold me tight I keep waiting Ooh, until that day But it ain't easy (Love don't come easy) No, you know 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 Well it's a game of give and take