A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little old tent

Oh just like this 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

On my!



It's been too hard living

And I'm afraid to die

Cause I don't know what's up there

Beyond the clouds



It's been a long long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes it is

Oh my



There's a time I would go to my brother

I asked my brother "will you help me please?"

He turned me down and then I ask my dear mother

I said "Mother! I'm down on my knees"



It's been a time that I thought

Lord this couldn't last for very long

But somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on

It's been a long long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes it is



Just like I said, I went to my little bitty brother

I asked my brother "Brother help me please?"

He turned me down and then I go to my little mother

I said "Mother! I'm down on my knees"



But there was a time that I thought

Lord this couldn't last for very long

But somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on

It's been a long long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes it will