I was born by the river in a little tent Oh I'm just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change's gonna come Oh yes it will It's been too hard to live it 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's gonna come Oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I said brother help me please But he wise up knocking me I got on my knees Lord, there's been times that I thought I could laugh alone Now I think I'm be able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change's gonna come Oh yes it will