A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born, by a river, oh

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 gonna come

Oh yes it is

On my oh my oh my!

It's been too, hard living oh!

And I'm afraid, to die

Cause 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 gonna come

Oh yes it is

Oh my oh my oh my

There's 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

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

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 gonna come

It's been so long, It's been so long

A little too long

But changes gonna come

So tired, so tired of suffering

Standing by myself

Has given up a home

But changes gonna come

you know , i know