You can't hurry love
1. I need love, love, to ease my mind,
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I need to find, find, someone to call mine. But mama said:
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to
wait.
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She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of
give and take.
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You can't hurry love, no, you just have to
wait,
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you got to trust, give it time, no matter how
long it takes.
2. But how many heartaches must I stand,
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before I find a love to let me live again.
Am
Right now the only thing that keeps me hangin' on,
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when I feel my strength, yeah,
it's almost gone.
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to
wait.
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She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of
give and take.
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How long must I wait, how much more can I take,
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Em Am D
before loneliness will cause my heart, heart
to break?
3. No, I can't bear to live my life alone,
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I
grow impatient for a love to call my own.
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But
when I feel that I, I can't go on,
these precious words keep me
hanging on.I remember,(mama said):
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to
wait.
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She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of
give and take.
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You can't hurry love, no, you just have to
wait.
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She said trust, give it time, no matter how
long it takes.
4. No, love, love, don't come easy,
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Em Am D
but
I keep on waiting, anticipating
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for
that soft voice, to talk to me at night,
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for
some tender arms, to hold me tight.
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I
keep waiting, I keep on waiting,
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But it ain't easy, it ain't easy. But mama said :
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to
wait.
Bm Em Am D
She said trust, give it time, no matter how
long it takes.
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You can't hurry love, no, you just have to
wait.
Bm Em Am D
She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of
give and take...