I was born by the river In a little tent Oh, just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, long time coming But I know change is gonna come Oh, yes it will It's been too hard a living But I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there Beyond the sky It's been a long, long time coming But I know change is gonna come Oh, yes it will And I go down to the movies And I go downtown Somebody keep telling me, man Don't you hang around It's been a long, long time coming But I know change is gonna come Oh, yes it will And I go to my brother I said, brother, won't you help me please But he winds up knocking me Oh, knocking me back down on my knees Oh, there's been times that I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, long time coming But I know change is gonna come Oh, yes I know It's been a long time coming But I know, I know, I know But I know change is gonna come Oh, yes I know Oh, it's been a long time coming Yes, change is gonna come Oh, I know Yes, I know Yeah, change is gonna come Yeah, I change Oh, change is gonna come Oh, yes it will Thanks for watching!