A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by a river in a little tent Oh and just like that 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 Said, I go to the movie and I go downtown Some people keep on tellin' me, "No, no, don't you come 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, oh, he drops me Right down on my knees There have been times that I thought I could not last for long When I thought to myself, oh, got to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will