A Change is Gonna Come

I was born by a river in this little old tent Oh just like this river I've been running ever since It's been a long, long time coming But I know, but I know a change is gotta come Oh yes it is On my! It's been too hard living, 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 time coming But I know, but I know a change is gotta come Oh yes it is On my! There was a time I would go to my brother I asked my brother, "Will you help me please?" He turned me down and then I ask my dear 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 for very long But somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on It's been a long, long time coming But I know a change is gonna come Oh, yes it is Just like I said, I went to my little bitty brother, my littele brother I asked my brother "Brother help me please?" He turned me down and then I go to my little mother, my dear mother 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 for very long But somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on It's been a long, long time coming But I know, but I know a change is gotta come Oh yes it will So tired of standing by myself You know that I know that a change is gotta come oh yea baby