A Change is Gonna Come (James & Bobby Purify) 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, a long time coming But I know a change 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 up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to the movie and I go downtown Somebody keep telling me don't hang around It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, I know it will Then I go to my brother And I say, "brother, help me please" But he winds up knockin' me Back down on my, my knees Oh there 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, a long, long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will...