A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent

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

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes it will

It's been too hard living and I'm affraid to die

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

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes! it will, yes! it will

I go to the movies and I go down town

Somebody keep telling me "Don't hang around"

It's been a long a long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes! it will

Then I go to my brother

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

But he winds up knocking me

Back down on my knees

When I thought I couldn't last for long

But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

It's been a long long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Yes! it will, yes! it will