I... was born by the river
oh my
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
change is gonna
come back
Ooh yes it is
oh my, my, oh 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
change has gotta come
Ooh yes it is
my, oh my, oh my
There's a time
I would go
to my brother
I asked my brother
"Would you
help me please?"
oh my, oh my
He turned me down
and then I asked
my dear mother
oh my
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
oh my, oh my
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
ooh yes it is
Ha it's like I said
I went to my
little bitty brother
oh my little brother
yeah
I asked my brother
"Brother help me
please?"
oh my
He turned me down
and then I go to
my little mother
my dear mother
oh my
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
couldn't last for long
oh, oh my, oh
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 gonna come
woow
It's been so long
It's been so long
a little long
but a change
has gotta come
So tired, so tired
I said standing by myself
it's getting outgrown
but a change
has gotta come
You know I know
You know that I know
I know and you know
that a change is
gonna come oh my, oh my