a change is gonna come

i was born by the river

in a little tent

oh

and just like the river

i been a running ever since

it's been a long

a long time coming but i know a change gon' come

oh

yes it will

it's been too hard living but i'm afraid to die

cause 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 gon' come

oh

yes it will

and i go to the movie and i go downtown

somebody keeps telling me

don't hang around"