oh i used to ask my mother would i ever find true love she would tell me true love is hard to find so i traveled on everyone i came upon i would stop and ask they would tell me true love is hard to find that s what they would say the years that passed i m all alone no longer do i ask i just place my faith in five little words from way back in my past my mama said seek and you shall find that s what mama said seek and you shall find sometimes i get so lonely it seems useless to groan but then i remember somewhere true love has waited there but i ll keep on holding on keep on keeping on but i know that i keep trying i can lose seek and you shall find that s what my mama said seek and you shall find help me somebody oooh oooh oh there is no happy ending to this story i m telling you but i remember somewhere true love i know it s waiting there i m gonna keep on keeping on you know that i m gonna keep holding on cause i now if i keep trying i can t lose cause there s no denying seek and you shall find i know that s what my mama said seek and you shall find ohhh seek and you shall find if it s love that you re looking for seek and you shall find it must be right around the corner seek