[ar: Otis Redding]
[ti: A Change Is Gonna Come]
[al: The Definitive Soul Collectio]
[00:01.400]
[00:19.070]I was born, by a river, oh
[00:28.490]in this little old tent
[00:30.940]Oh
[00:33.240]just like this river, I've been running ever since
[00:39.910]It's been a long... long time coming
[00:47.580]But I know,
[00:48.370]but i know, a change is gonna come
[00:52.630]Oh yes it is
[00:55.000]On my oh my oh my!
[00:57.180]It's been too, hard living oh!
[01:03.670]And I'm afraid, to die
[01:08.480]Cause I don't know, what's up there
[01:12.540]Beyond the clouds
[01:14.990]It's been a long... long time ,coming
[01:22.350]But I know but i know
[01:24.560]a change is gonna come
[01:27.810]Oh yes it is
[01:29.910]Oh my oh my oh my
[01:34.470]There's a time, I would go, to my brother
[01:42.080]I asked my brother, "will you help me please?"
[01:51.250]He turned me down ,and then I ask my dear mother
[01:59.020]I said "Mother!
[02:00.970]i said mother! "I'm down on my knees"
[02:06.580]It's been a time, that I thought
[02:11.090]Lord, this couldn't last, for very long
[02:17.660]But somehow I thought I was still able,
[02:21.510]to try to carry on
[02:24.520]It's been a long... long time coming
[02:31.600]But I know, a change is gonna come
[02:36.960]Oh ,yes it is
[02:42.570]Just like I said, I went, to my little bitty brother
[02:51.690]I asked my brother, "Brother help me please?"
[03:00.300]He turned me down,
[03:03.300]and then I go to my little mother
[03:06.700]my dear mother
[03:09.110]I said "Mother!
[03:10.850]i said mother!"
[03:12.610]"I'm down on my knees"
[03:16.710]But there was a time ,that I thought
[03:21.530]Lord ,this couldn't last, for very long
[03:27.580]But ,somehow I thought I was still able,
[03:31.640]to try to carry on
[03:34.690]It's been a long... long time coming
[03:41.810]But I know but i know
[03:43.860]a change is gonna come
[03:47.520]It's been so long, It's been so long
[03:50.020]A little too long
[03:51.920]But changes gonna come
[03:54.030]So tired, so tired of suffering
[03:57.080]Standing by myself
[03:58.530]Has given up a home
[04:00.240]But changes gonna come
[04:02.340]you know , i know