Change 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...