[Intro]
I need love, love
Ooh, ease my mind
And I need to find time
Someone to call mine;
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
How long must I wait
How much more must I take
Before loneliness
Will cause my heart, heart to break
[Verse 2]
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 hanging on
[Chorus]
How long must I wait
How much more must I take
Before loneliness
Will cause my heart, heart to break
[Verse 3]
Now 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
Hold me tight
I keep waiting
Ooh, till that day
But it ain't easy (Love don't come easy)
No, you know it ain't easy
[Outro]
My 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