A Child is Coming

Last electric Sunday mornin' waitin' in the park for the dawn Listenin' to all the animals in the Park and in the city beyond Flashin' with my lady. sky goin' black to blue She said I got a surprise for you A child is coming A child is coming A child is coming to you What are we gonna do when Uncle Samuel comes around Askin' for the young one's name And lookin' for the print of his hand for the files in their numbers game I don't want his chances for freedom to ever be that slim Let's not tell 'em about him - A child is coming A child is coming A child is coming to you, it's comin' It's gettin' better To be born It's gettin' better Feels like a morning It's gettin' better It's growing Brighter Shining It's gettin' better Changing It's gettin' better Gathering It's gettin' brighter It's spreading Together With each other It's gettin' finer To tell the truth It's gettin' finer To be alive It's gettin' better To be born It's gettin' better To create It's gettin' better To learn It's gettin' brighter To grow In the dawn To change It's gettin' finer To live in harmony It's gettin' better We can be together Together We can work it out And all of us together Build Gettin' better Building Gettin' finer Gathering Gettin' brighter Shining Gettin' better Learnin' In the dawn Burnin' brighter Gettin' better Tomorrow Tomorrow To grow Tomorrow To help another Tomorrow It's gettin' better Da, da, da, da, da I wanna see his head rising I wanna see his head rise to mine