I need love, love, to ease my mind I need to find, find someone to call mine
When mama said, carry love, though you just have to wear
When mama said, love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take
Carry love, though you just have to wait
You gotta trust, give it time, no matter how long it takes
But how 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, yeah, is almost gone
I remember mama said, 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
Oh, 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 hanging on
I remember mama said, no, you just have to wait
She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take
Carry love, though 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, with care and love, no, you just have to wait
She said, trust, give it time, no matter how long it takes