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 down town
 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 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
 Say I know that a chance is gonna come one day
 I know change gonna come
 I know, I know, I know
 Still I know a change gonna come
 Yes it'll
 Yes it'll
 Yes it'll