A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent

Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die

'Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown

Somebody keep telling me don't hang around

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will

Then I go to my brother

And I say, Brother, help me please

But he winds up knockin' me

Back down on my knees

There've been times that I thought I couldn't last for long

But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gon' come, oh yes, it will