Lyrics
i was born by the river in a little tent, oh, just like the river, i been running ever since, it's been a long, a long time coming, but i know a change is gonna come, oh, yes it will, look it here, it's been too hard living and i'm afraid to die, look it here, 'cause i don't know what's up there beyond the sky, it's been a long, i wish i could come out there where you are baby, a long time coming but i know, look it here, a change is gonna come, oh yes it will, look it here, let me say one more thing, i go to the movie and i go downtown, but i don't like it here, somebody keep telling me oh boy, don't hang around, it's been a long, a long, if anybody know what i'm talking about, lemme see you wave your hands, i know a chance gonna come, oh yes it will, but i gotta take, say this here, then i go to my brother, yes sir, and i tell 'em, i say brother help me please, but he winds up knockin' me, he knocks me back down, back down on my, oh there's been times that i fall, somebody say yeah, life could pass me on, no no, i know i'm able, i'm able, i'm able, i'm able to carry on, it's been a long, good god almighty, a long time coming but i know, yeah, a change is gonna come, oh yes it will, look it here, one more time, then i go to my brother, somebody take your hands back and forth like this, everybody, everybody, you sittin' in the first balcony too, all over the auditorium tonight, but he winds up knocking me down, my, back down on, back down on my knee oh, i've been down but i thought i could last, oh, i know i'm able, i'm able, i'm able, i know, i know, i know a change gonna come, and oh yes it will, somebody say yeah, you all back here, lemme hear ya say yeah, somebody say oh yeah, somebody say oh yeah, somebody say yeah, whoa, right on
Song details
Artist: bishop, elvin