A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent And 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 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 is gonna come, oh yes it will There I go to my brother And I say, "Brother help me please" But when I go to my brother He winds up knockin' me Back down on my knees There's been times when I thought, I wouldn't last for long But somehow I think I'm gonna be able to carry on It's been a long, been a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will There I go to my brother And I say, "Brother help me please" But when I go to my dear old brother He winds up knock, knock, knockin' me Back down on my knees There've been times when I thought, I wouldn't last for long But now I think I'm gonna be able, pick myself up and carry on It's been a long, been a long time coming But I know, a change is gonna come Somehow I know, a change is gonna come I-I know, I know a change is gonna come I-I-I, I know that a change, a change, a change A change is gonna come