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 It's been a long
It's been a long
A little too long
A change is gotta come

So tired
So tired of standing by myself

It's been a long long time coming

You know that I know
You know that I know
I know that You knowthat a change is gotta come