A Change Is Gonna Come Lyrics

I was born by the river
In a little tent
Just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know change is gonna come
Ooh yes it will
It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky

It's been a long
A long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes
And I go to the movies and I go downtown
Everybody they keep telling me don't you come around
It's been a long
Oh it's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yeah
Then I go, go to my brother
I say brother help me please
He just winds up knocking me down
Back down on my knees
And there are times I thought I wouldn't last too long
But now I know that I, I, I, I can carry on
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know my change is gonna come, ooh yeah
It's gonna come