Sam Cooke — A Change Is Gonna Come

[Verse 1] I was born by the river in a little tent Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since [Chorus] It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come Oh, yes it will [Verse 2] It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky [Chorus] It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come Oh, yes it will [Verse 3] I go to the movie, and I go downtown Somebody keep telling me "don't hang around" [Chorus] It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come Oh, yes it will [Verse 4] Then I go to my brother, and I say, "brother, help me please" But he winds up knockin' me back down on my knees Lor’, there been times that I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on [Chorus] It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come Oh, yes it will