Change Is Gonna Come

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
Change is gonna come now
Ooh, yes it is, oh my, oh my, oh my, oh

It's been too hard livin', 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
Long time coming, but I know, but I know
Change is gonna come
Oh, yes it is, oh my, oh my, oh my

There's a time I would go to my brother, oh my
I've asked my brother, "Will you help me, please?" Oh my, oh my
He turned me down, and then I asked my little 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 very long, oh now, oh
Somehow, I thought I was still able
To try to carry on

It's been a long, long
Long time coming, but I know
That change is gonna come
Oh, yes it is

Huh, just like I said
I went to my little baby brother, oh my, my little brother
I asked my brother, "Brother, help me, please," oh now
He turned me down, and then I go to my little mother
My dear mother, oh now, huh
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 very long, oh my, oh
Somehow, I thought I was still able
To try to carry on

It's been a long, long
Long time coming, but I know, but I know
That change gonna come, ooh

It's been so long, it's been so long, a little too long
But a change is gonna come
So tired, so tired of suffering
And standing by myself, and standing up alone
But a change is gonna come
You know, and I know that you know that
I know, and I know that you know, honey
That a change is gonna come, oh...