I was born by a river
In a little tent, and o
just like this 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 is
It's been too hard living
but 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
A change is gonna come, oh yes it is
There was a time I would go to my brother,
I say brother, say brother, help me please
he turned me down and then I go to my mother (oh my mother)
I say: Mother I'm down on my knees
There was a time that I thought
I couldn't last too long
But somehow I was able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it is,
It's been a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it is,
It's been a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it is.