A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent

Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since.

It's been a long, a long time coming but I know

A change go'n come, oh yes it will.

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die

'Cause I don't know what's up there; beyond the sky.

It's been a long, a long time coming but I know

A change go'n come, oh yes it will.

I go to the movies and I go downtown

Somebody keep telling me don't hang around.

It's been a long, a long time coming but I know

A change go'n come, oh yes it will.

Then I go to my brother,

And I say, "Brother, help me please."

But he winds up knockin' me, back down on my knees.

Oh, there been times that I thought I couldn't last for

long

But now I think I'm able to carry on.

It's been a long, a long time coming but I know

A change go'n come, oh yes it will.