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 is gonna come

Oh, yes it will

It's been too hard living, yeah

But I'm afraid, 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, yeah

And I go to the movie, yeah

And I go, I go downtown

Somebody keep telling me, don'tcha 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, won't you help me please?

But he winds up knocking, knocking me, yeah

Yeah, back down, knocking me back down on my knees

There's been times when I thought

I couldn't last for long

But now, now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know, I know, I know, I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes it will

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know, I know a change is gonna come