A Change Is Gonna Come

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, I was born by the river In a little old tent And just like the river I've been running ever since [Chorus] It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come [Verse 2] And it's been too hard living But I'm afraid to die 'Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky [Chorus] It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come [Verse 3] Well, I go down to the movies And I go downtown But there's somebody telling me I cannot hang around [Chorus] It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it is now [Verse 4] So I go, I go to my brother I say, "Brother help me please" He just winds up, winds up knockin' me down Back down on my knees Oh, there's been times when I thought I couldn't last too long Somehow I was able to try to carry on [Chorus] It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come