A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent

Just like the river I've been running ever since

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know change is gonna come, ooh yes it will



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, a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes



And I go to the movies and I go downtown

Everybody they keep telling me don't you come around

It's been a long, oh it's been a long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come, oh yeah



Then I go, go to my brother, I say brother help me please

He just winds up knocking me down, back down on my knees



And there are times I thought I wouldn't last too long

But now I know that I, I, I, I can carry on

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know my change is gonna come, ooh yeah

It's gonna come