A Change Is Gonna Come lyrics

(S. Cooke)
Producers: Martyn Ware and Greg Walsh
Producer (live version): John Hudson
Album: Live In Europe (88), The Collected Recordings (94)

I was born by the river 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 is

It`s been too hard living and I`m affraid to die
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
Oh yes it is

I go to the movies and I go around in town
Everybody there keeps telling me `don`t hang around`
It`s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it is

Then I go to my brother
And I say `Brother, please`
But he just winds up, knocking me
Back down on my knees

Sometimes I thought I wouldn`t last for 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 is