A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by a river in this little old tent
 Oh just like this river I've been running ever since
 It's been a long, long time coming
 But I know, but I know a change is gotta come
 Oh yes it is
 On my!
 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
 It's been a long long time coming
 But I know, but I know a change is gotta come
 Oh yes it is
 On my!
 There was a time I would go to my brother
 I asked my brother, "Will you help me please?"
 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
 But somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on
 It's been a long, long time coming
 But I know a change is gonna come
 Oh, yes it is
 Just like I said, I went to my little bitty brother, my littele brother
 I asked my brother "Brother help me please?"
 He turned me down and then I go to my little mother, my dear mother
 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
 But somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on
 It's been a long, long time coming
 But I know, but I know a change is gotta come
 Oh yes it will
 So tired of standing by myself
 You know that I know that a change is gotta come