A Change Is Gonna Come (Acoustic Version)

I was born by the river

In a little tent, oh, and just like the river

I been runnin' ever since

It's been a long, a long time comin'

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes, it will

It's been too hard a livin'

'Cause 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 comin'

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes, it will

Then, I go to the movie

And I go downtown

Somebody keeps tellin' me, "No, don't hang around"

It's been a long, a long time comin'

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes, it will

Then I go to my brother

And I say, I say, "Brother, help me, please"

But he winds up knocking me

Back down, back down on my knees

There's been times that I thought

I, I couldn't last for long

Now I think I'm able to, to carry on

It's been a long, a long time comin'

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes, it will

But I know a change is gonna come