a child is coming

last electric sunday mornin' waitin' in the park for the dawn

listenin' to all the animals in the park and in the city beyond

flashin' with my lady. sky goin' black to blue

she said i got a surprise for you

a child is coming

a child is coming

a child is coming to you

what are we gonna do when uncle samuel comes around

askin' for the young one's name

and lookin' for the print of his hand for the files in their numbers game

i don't want his chances for freedom to ever be that slim

let's not tell 'em about him -

a child is coming

a child is coming

a child is coming to you

it's comin'

it's gettin' better

to be born

it's gettin' better

feels like a morning

it's gettin' better

it's growing

brighter

shining

it's gettin' better

changing

it's gettin' better

gathering

it's gettin' brighter

it's spreading

together

with each other

it's gettin' finer

to tell the truth

it's gettin' finer

to be alive

it's gettin' better

to be born

it's gettin' better

to create

it's gettin' better

to learn

it's gettin' brighter

to grow

in the dawn

to change

it's gettin' finer

to live in harmony

it's gettin' better

we can be together

together

we can work it out

and all of us together

build

gettin' better

building

gettin' finer

gathering

gettin' brighter

shining

gettin' better

learnin'

in the dawn

burnin' brighter

gettin' better

tomorrow

tomorrow

to grow

tomorrow

to help another

tomorrow

it's gettin' better

da

da

da

da

da

i wanna see his head rising

i wanna see his head rise to mine