A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by a river in a little tent,
 And just like this river,
 I've been running ever since.
 It's been a too long, too long-time a-coming,
 But I know a change gonna come,
 Oh, yes, it is.
 
 It's been too hard living,
 And I'm afraid to die.
 I don't know what's up there beyond the sky.
 It's been a long time a, long time a-coming,
 But I know, Lord I know a change gonna come, Lord.
 Yeah, yes.
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 And then I went to see my brother, oh yeah.
 I said, "Brother, help me, please."
 He turned me down.
 And then I went, I went to see my sweet mother.
 I said, "Mama, Mama I'm down on my knees."
 It's been a too hard living,
 And I'm afraid to die.
 I don't know what's up there beyond the sky.
 It's been a long, long time a-coming,
 But I know, but I know a change gonna come.
 Oh, long.