1. Strophe: I Need Love, Love To Ease My Mind I Need To Find, Find Someone To Call Mine But Mama Said 2. Strophe: "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" Refrain: You Can't Hurry Love No, You Just Have To Wait You Got To Trust, Give It Time No Matter How Long It Takes 3. Strophe: 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 (Refrain) 4. Strophe: How Long Must I Wait? How Much More Can I Take? Before Loneliness Will Cause My Heart Heart To Break? 5. Strophe: 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 (Refrain) (Refrain) 6. Strophe: 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 Waitin', I Keep On Waitin' But It Ain't Easy, It Ain't Easy, But Mama Said (Refrain) Ending: 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 Can't Hurry Love