Phil Collings, You Can't Hurry Love

You Can’t Hurry Love – Phil Collins

give and take(x3)     precious   tight      mind    anticipating  loneliness     bear     heartaches    impatient    time     hanging on   come easy(x3)      time   tender

I need love, love

Oh, ease my __________

And I need to find __________

Someone to call mine

My mama said, "you can't hurry love

No, you'll just have to wait"

She said, "love don't ___________________

But it's a game of _______________"

You can't hurry love

No, you'll just have to wait

Just trust in a good ________

No matter how long it takes

How many _______________must I stand

Before I find the love to let me live again

Right now the only thing that keeps me ________________

When I feel my strength, ooh, it's almost gone

I remember mama said, "you can't hurry love

No, you'll just have to wait"

She said, "love don't ____________

It's a game of ­­­_______________

How long must I wait

How much more must I take

Before ______________

Will cause my heart, heart to break

No, I can't _____________to live my life alone

I grow ______________for a love to call my own

But when I feel that I, I can't go on

Well these ____________words keep me hanging on

I remember mama said, "you can't hurry love

No, you'll just have to wait"

She said, "love don't ______________

But it's a game of ______________"

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 wait

Now love, love don't come easy

But I keep on waiting

______________for that soft voice

To talk to me at night

For some _________arms

Hold me __________

I keep waiting

Ooh, till that day

But it ain't easy (love don't come easy)

No, you know it ain't easy

……

COMMENT ON THE SONG

1. Is it true that you “can’t hurry love”?

2. Is there a way you can persuade someone to love you?

3. How would you do that?

The song, a memory of a mother's words of encouragement ("My mama said 'you can't hurry love/No you just have to wait' ") telling her daughter that with patience she will find that special someone one day, is an example of the strong influence of gospel music present in much of R&B and soul music. "You Can't Hurry Love" was inspired by and partially based upon "(You Can't Hurry God) He's Right on Time" ("You can't hurry God/you just have to wait/Trust and give him time/no matter how long it takes"), a 1950s gospel song written by Dorothy Love Coates of The Original Gospel Harmonettes.

You Can’t Hurry Love – Phil Collins

I need love, love
Oh, ease my mind
And I need to find time
Someone to call mine

My 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 takes

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, ooh, it's almost gone

I 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 break

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
Well these precious words keep me hanging on

I remember 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 takes

Now wait
Now 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
Ooh, till that day
But it ain't easy (love don't come easy)
No, you know it ain't easy

My 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
But it's a game of give and take"
You can't hurry love, no you'll just have to wait