Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river, in a little tent And just like the river, I've been running ever, ever since It's been a long, long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will, oh 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 Then I go to a movie, and I go downtown Somebody keep telling me, "Don't you, don't you 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, oh brother, would you help me please" But he winds up knocking me, knocking me back down, back down to my knees, oh yeah There've been times that I've thought I wouldn't last for long But I think that I, I could carry, carry on It's been a long, yes it has, it's been a long time coming But I know, know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will, I know for myself, God A change is gonna come, I believe a change is gonna come Oh, a change is gonna come