A Change Is Gonna Come Lyrics

I was born by the river (oh) in a little tent
Oh, and just like that river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it will
It's been too hard living and I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it will

I go to the movies and I go down town
Somebody keep on telling me "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
Theres been times when I thought I couldn't
last for very long Then I go to my brother
And I say "Brother, brother wont you help me, please"
But he just winds up, knocking me
Back down on my knees

But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it will
There's a time when I go to my brother
I say "Brother, I say brother wont you help me, please"
But he just winds up, knocking me
Down down down down on my knees

Theres been times that I thought I couldn't
last for very long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know, but I know I know I know I know
a change is gonna come
Oh yes it will