A Change Is Gonna Come

A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke

I was born by the river in a little tent

Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since

It's been a long, a long time coming 

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will 

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

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

It's been a long, a long time coming 

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will 

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 

Then I go to my brother 

And I say brother help me please 

But he winds up knockin' me 

Back down on my knees 

There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long 

But now I think I'm able to carry on 

It's been a long, a long time coming 

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will