A Change Is Gonna Come lyrics

I was born by the river

in a little tent

oh, and just like the river

I been a 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 knocking me back

down on my knees.

Oh, there've been times that

I thought I couldn't last for long

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.

• Artist:Sam Cooke
• Album:Ain't That Good News (1964)