A Change Is Gonna Come

There's an old friend
 I once heard say
 Something that touched my heart
 And it began this way
 I was born by the river
 In a little tent
 And just like the river
 I've been runnin' ever since
 He said it's been a long time comin'
 But I know my change is gonna come
 Oh, yeah
 He said it's been too hard livin'
 But I'm afraid to die
 I might not be if I knew
 What was up there beyond the sky
 It's been a long, a long time comin'
 But I know my change has got to come
 Oh, yeah
 I went, I went to my brother
 And I asked him, "Brother
 Could you help me, please?"
 He said, "Good sister
 I'd like to but I'm not able"
 And when I, when I looked around
 I was right back down
 Down on my bended knees
 Yes I was, oh
 There've been times that I thought
 I thought that I wouldn't last for long
 But somehow right now I believe
 That I'm able, I'm able to carry on
 I tell you that it's been along
 And oh it's been an uphill journey
 All the way
 But I know, I know, I know
 I know my change is gonna come
 Sometimes I had to cry all night long
 Yes, I did
 Sometimes I had to give up right
 For what I knew was wrong
 Yes, it's been an uphill journey
 It's sure's been a long way comin'
 Yes it has
 It's been real hard
 Every step of the way
 But I believe, I believe
 This evenin' my change is come
 Yeah, I tell you that
 My change is come