Change Gonna Come

Lyrics

[Intro] I was born by a river, oh man In this little old tent Oh, just like this river I've been running ever since [Chorus] It's been a long, long, long time coming But I know, but I know a change is gotta come now Ooh, yes it is On my, oh my, oh my, oh my [Verse 1] It's been too hard living, oh my And I'm afraid to die I don't know what's up there Beyond the clouds [Chorus] It's been a long long, long time coming But I know, but I know a change is gotta come Oh, yes it is On my [Verse 2] There was a time I would go to my brother, oh my I asked my brother, "Will you help me please?" Oh now, oh now He turned me down and then I ask my dear mother, oh I said, "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, oh now, oh But somehow I thought I was still able To try to carry on [Chorus] It's been a long long, long time coming But I know a change is gonna come Oh, yes it is [Verse 3] Huh, just like I said, I went to my little bitty brother, oh my little brother I asked my brother, "Brother help me please?" Oh, now He turned me down and then I go to my little mother, my dear mother Oh now, I said, "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, oh my, oh But somehow I thought I was still able To try to carry on [Chorus] It's been a long, long, long time coming But I know, but I know a change is gotta come, ooh It's been so long, it's been so long, a little too long But a change has gotta come [Outro] I'm so tired, so tired of standing by myself And standing by myself and standing up alone But a change has gotta come You know and I know, you know that I know I know that you know, honey, that change is gonne come, oh my I got to feel good, I got to have a good time A change