"Change Is Gonna Come" lyrics

I was born by the river, in a little tent
Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh, yes, it will

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's op there, beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh, yes, it will

I go to the movie, and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me, "Don't hang around."
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh, yes, it will

Then I go to my brother
I say, "Brother, help me, please."
But he winds up knocking me
Like I'm on my knees but beg you
Please, yeah

There've been times when I thought I couldn't last for long
Now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, long time, long time coming
But I know, yeah, mm, a change gonna come, oh, yes, it will