[00:19.69]I was born by a river in this little old tent
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[00:33.52]Oh just like this river I've been running ever since
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[00:40.40]It's been a long  long time coming
[00:47.54]But I know  but I know a change is gotta come
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[00:53.02]Oh yes it is
[00:54.69]On my
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[00:57.62]It's been too hard living  oh my
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[01:03.81]And I'm afraid to die
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[01:08.67]I don't know what's up there
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[01:12.73]Beyond the clouds
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[01:15.35]It's been a long long time coming
[01:21.89]
[01:22.53]But I know  but I know a change is gotta come
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[01:28.01]Oh yes it is
[01:29.86]On my
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[01:34.59]There was a time I would go to my brother
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[01:43.12]I asked my brother  "Will you help me please "
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[01:51.64]He turned me down and then I ask my dear mother  oh
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[01:58.83]I said "Mother "
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[02:00.57]I said "Mother  I'm down on my knees"
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[02:06.61]It's been a time that I thought
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[02:11.18]Lord this couldn't last for very long
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[02:17.17]But somehow I thought
[02:18.60]I was still able to try to carry on
[02:23.15]
[02:24.01]It's been a long  long time coming
[02:31.18]But I know a change is gonna come
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[02:36.77]Oh  yes it is
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[02:42.59]Just like I said  I went to my little bitty brother
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[02:48.70]My littele brother
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[02:51.88]I asked my brother "Brother help me please "
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[03:01.29]He turned me down and
[03:02.80]Then I go to my little mother  my dear mother
[03:06.94]
[03:08.60]I said "Mother "
[03:09.86]I said "Mother  I'm down on my knees"
[03:15.85]But there was a time that I thought
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[03:20.31]Lord this couldn't last for very long
[03:25.61]
[03:27.01]But somehow I thought
[03:27.70]I was still able to try to carry on
[03:32.83]
[03:33.56]It's been a long  long time coming
[03:40.64]But I know  but I know a change is gotta come
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[03:46.12]Oh It's been a long
[03:47.49]It's been a long
[03:48.97]A little too long
[03:50.42]A change is gotta come
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[03:52.72]So tired
[03:54.08]So tired of standing by myself
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[03:57.23]It's been a long long time coming
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[04:01.24]You know that I know
[04:02.94]You know that I know
[04:04.91]I know that You knowthat a change is gotta come