A change is gonna come

I was born by the river, oh, in a little tent

Oh, and like that river I've been running ever since

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes it will

It's been too hard living and I'm afraid to die

Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Yes it will

And I go to the movies and I go down town

Somebody keeps telling me don't you hang around

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother

I say brother, brother won't you help me, please

But he just winds up, knocking me

Oh, back down on my knees

There's be time when I thought I couldn't last for very long

But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes it will

Yes it will

There's a time, when I go to my brother

I say brother, I say brother won't you help me, please

But he just winds up, knocking me down, down, down

Down on my knees

There's be time that I thought I couldn't last for very long

But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know, but I know, I know, I know, I know a change is gonna come

Oh yes it will