A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent

Just like the river I been running ever since

It's been a long time coming

But I know, I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes, it is

It's been too hard living, I don't wanna die

I don't know what's up there beyond the skies

But it's been a long, long, long, long, long, long, long

Time coming

But, people, let me tell you a change is gonna come, oh yes it is

Oh yes,it is, oh yes, it is, oh yes, it is

Then I go to my brothers

I say: "Brothers, help me, please"

But my brothers, they wind up knockin' me

Right down, down on my knees

There was times when I thought I wouldn't last long

Now I know I'm able to carry on

Been a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long

Time coming

But people let me tell you a change is gonna come

Oh yes,it is, oh yes, it is, oh yes, it is

There's been laugh, there's been tears

There's been joy, there's been sorrow

Sometimes I thought there'd never be a tomorrow

It's been a long, long time coming

But I'm here to tell you a change is gonna come

Oh yes,it is, oh yes, it is, oh yes, it is

There's been wars, there's been fights

People are dying, nations are weaken

Sisters and brothers are crying

It's been a long, long, long, long

Long time coming

Oh, master, a change is got to come

Oh yes, it is

Then I go to my brothers

Brother, will you help me, help me

My brother winds up knocking me

Right down on my knees

I been so afraid of living

Too afraid of crying

There's been times I thought I was almost dying

Been a long, long, long, long, long, long

Time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes, it has

Brother and sister

Neighbour and neighbour

Men against men

Boy against boy, girl against girl

Young and old been distroyed by their own hands

Problems and situations that parents cannot understand

Drugs and misused and abused and accused

War and war and bombs and war and more war

When

When will it come?

I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know

Why can't we give together?

Why can't we live together?

When will the change come?

It's coming, it's coming, co-co-c-coming, co-co-c-coming, co-co-c-coming

Change is gonna come, y'all

Oh yes, it is

England

Ireland

Egypt

Israel

Lebanon

Bayrut

South-Africa

Africa

America

My brother, my mother

My sister, your brother

Change

When will it change, when will it?

And our minds and time and time and our minds

And my heart, will it ever be apart?

When we see, we believe

Can see it

A change is got to come

A change is got to come