(b. holland/l. dozier/e. holland, jr.)



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 got to 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 hangin' 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



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 just have to wait

She said to 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




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