I need love, love
Oh, ease my mind
And I need to find time
Someone to call mineMy 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 takesHow 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, oh, it's almost goneI 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 breakNo, 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 onI 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 breakNow 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
Oh, till that day
But it ain't easy
(Love don't come easy)
No, you know it ain't easyMy 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
She said, "Love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take"
Songwriters
BRIAN HOLLAND, EDWARD HOLLAND, EDWARD JR. HOLLAND, LAMONT DOZIER, LAMONT HERBERT DOZIERPublished by
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