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 gonna 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 gonna 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 gonna 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
 Oh 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 gonna come, oh yes it will