A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by a river, oh man
In this little old tent, oh
Just like this river
I've been running ever since
It's been a long long long, long time coming
But I know, But I know
A change is gonna come
Ooh yes it is, Oh my, oh my
It's been too hard living, oh my
And I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there
Beyond the clouds
It's been a long long, long time coming
But I know, But I know
A change is gonna come
Oh yes it is, My oh my oh my
There's a time I would go to my brother, oh my
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, oh my oh my
But somehow I thought I was still able
To try to carry on
It's been a long long 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, oh now
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 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
To live too long
A change has gotta come
So tired, so tired
I'm standing, standing by myself, and standing up alone
A change is gonna come
You know and I know that you know that
That I know I know that you know
That hunny a change is gonna come