I need love, love, to ease my mind
I need to find, find someone to call mine
But Momma 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 hanging on
When I feel my strength, yeah it’s almost gone
I remember Momma 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 must I take
Before loneliness will cause my heart
Heart to break

No I cant 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 Momma 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

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
When Momma said

You cant 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, it’s a game of give and take