A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river
in a little tent
and oh just liked the 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
but I'm afraid 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

Now I go to the movies
and I go downtown
somebody keeps telling me don't hang around
It's been a long
long time coming but I know
a change is gonna come
oh yes it will

So now I go to my brother
and I say brother help me please
but somehow he winds up knocking me
back down on my knees

Oh there were times I thought
I wouldn't last for long
now I think I'm able
able to carry on
It's been a long
long time coming but I know
a change is gonna come
yes it will ohhh
I know a change is gonna come
I said I know a change is gonna come

hey hey
a change is gonna come right now ohhh
a change is gonna come a change is gonna come
I see it know hey
oh my
I said a change is gonna come