A Change Is Gonna Come

was born by the river

In a little tent

And just like the river,

I've been running ever since

It's been a long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

It's been too hard living,

But I'm afraid to die

I don't know what's up there

Beyond the sky

It's been a long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

I go to the movie,

And I go downtown

Somebody keep telling me

"Don't hang around"

It's been a long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come v

Then I go to my brother and I say,

"Brother, help me please"

But he winds up knocking me back

Down on my knees

There've been times that I've thought I couldn't last

for long

But now I think

I'm able to

Carry on

It's been a long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come