I was born by the river in a little tent And oh and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been too hard livin but I'm afraid to die I don't know what's up there on the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
Now 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
So then I go to my brother And I said brother help me please But some how he winds up knockin' me Back down on my knees
There were times that I thought I wouldn't last for long Now I think I'm able, able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, Yes it will
I KNOW! A change gonna come I said I know A change is gonna come Hey! Hey! A change is gonna come Right now Oh oh! A change is gonna A change is gonna come I see it now Hey! I said a change Is gonna come