A Change Is Gonna Come Lyrics

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 time coming
But I know, but I know a change is gotta come
Ooh, yes it is, oh my, 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 time coming
But I know, but I know a change is gotta come
Ooh, yes it is, oh my, oh my, oh my

There's a time I would go to my brother
I′d ask my brother, "Will you help me please, oh my, oh my?"
He turned me down and then I ask my dear mother, oh
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, long time coming
But I've known a change is gonna come
Oh, yes it is, ha

Just like I said, I went to my little bitty brother, my little brother
I asked my brother, "Brother help me please, oh my?"
He turned me down and then I go to my little mother, my dear mother, oh, my
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, oh, my, oh
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 gotta come, ooh

It's been a long, it′s been a long
I've lived too long but a change′s gotta come
So tired, so tired of somehow standing by myself
And standing up alone, but a change's gotta come
You know and I know that you know that I know
I know that you know one day that a change is gonna come, oh, oh