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, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes it is



It's been too hard living

But 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 downtown

Somebody keeps telling me

"Don't hang around"

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes it will



So now I go to my brother

And I say "Brother help me please"

But somehow he winds up knocking me

Back down on my knees



Oh, there were times I thought

I wouldn't last for long

Now I think I'm able

Able to carry on

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Yes it will

I know a change is gonna come

I said I know



A change is gonna come, yeah

A change is gonna come, now, oh

A change is gonna come, I see it now, yeah

Oh my, yeah

I said a change, yeah, is gonna come.