A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent

And oh, just like the river, I've been runnin' ever since

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will

It's been too hard livin', but I'm afraid to die

But 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 gon' come, oh yes, it will

Then I go to the movie, and I go downtown

Someone keeps tellin' me, "Don't hang around"

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gon' come, I know it will

Then I go to my brother

And I say "Brother, help me, please"

But he winds up knockin' me

Back down on my, my knees

And oh, there've 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, a long, long time coming

But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will