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 gon' 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 gon' come

Oh yes it will

I go to the movie

And I go downtown

Somebody keep tellin' me don't

hang around

It's been a long, a long time comin'

But I know a change gon' come

Oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother

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

But he winds up knocking me

Back down on my knees, ohhh!

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 is gonna come

Oh, yes it will