A Change Is Gonna Come Lyrics

(s. cooke) Producers: martyn ware and greg walsh Producer (live version): john hudson Album: live in europe (88), the collected recordings (94) I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and like that river i've been running ever since It's been a long, long time coming But i know a change is gonna come Oh yes it is It's been too hard living and i'm affraid to die I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, long time coming But i know a change is gonna come Oh yes it is I go to the movies and i go around in town Everybody there keeps telling me "don't hang around" It's been a long, a long time coming But i know a change is gonna come Oh yes it is Then i go to my brother And i say "brother, please" But he just winds up, knocking me Back down on my knees Sometimes 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 is