A Change Is Gonna Come Lyrics - American Idol

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 

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, oh yes 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 knees