It's Been A Long Time Coming

[A Change Is Gonna Come]

 I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river
I've been running ever since


It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will


It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky


It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh yes it will


I go to the movie and I go down sound
Somebody keep telling me
Don’t hang around


 
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will


 
Then I go to my brother
I say brother help me please
But he winds up knocking me
Back down on my knees

 

There's been times that I thought
I wouldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh, yes it will