You Can`t Hurry Love

<br>(B. Holland/L. Dozier/E. Holland, Jr.) <br><br>I need love, love<br>To ease my mind<br>I need to find, find someone to call mine<br>But mama said<br><br>You can`t hurry love<br>No, you just have to wait<br>She said love don`t come easy<br>It`s a game of give and take<br><br>You can`t hurry love<br>No, you just have to wait<br>You got to trust, give it time<br>No matter how long it takes<br><br>But how many heartaches<br>Must I stand before I find a love<br>To let me live again<br>Right now the only thing<br>That keeps me hangin` on<br>When I feel my strength, yeah<br>It`s almost gone<br>I remember mama said:<br><br>You can`t hurry love<br>No, you just have to wait<br>She said love don`t come easy<br>It`s a game of give and take<br><br>How long must I wait<br>How much more can I take<br>Before loneliness will cause my heart<br>Heart to break?<br><br>No I can`t bear to live my life alone<br>I grow impatient for a love to call my own<br>But when I feel that I, I can`t go on<br>These precious words keeps me hangin` on<br>I remember mama said:<br><br>You can`t hurry love<br>No, you just have to wait<br>She said love don`t come easy<br>It`s a game of give and take<br><br>You can`t hurry love<br>No, you just have to wait<br>She said trust, give it time<br>No matter how long it takes<br><br>No, love, love, don`t come easy<br>But I keep on waiting<br>Anticipating for that soft voice<br>To talk to me at night<br>For some tender arms<br>To hold me tight<br>I keep waiting<br>I keep on waiting<br>But it ain`t easy<br>It ain`t easy<br>But mama said:<br><br>You can`t hurry love<br>No, you just have to wait<br>She said to trust, give it time<br>No matter how long it takes<br><br>You can`t hurry love<br>No, you just have to wait<br>She said love don`t come easy<br>It`s a game of give and take