A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent

And just like the river I've been running ever since

It's been a long time coming

But I know a change gonna 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 is gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown

Somebody keep tellin' me, "Don't you hang around"

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know, but I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go out to my brother

And I say, "Brother help me please"

But he winds up knockin' me

Back down on my knees, oh

There have 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 time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will