Change Gonna Come Lyrics - The Very Best Of Otis Redding Vol. 2 - Otis Redding

I was born by the river in a little old tent 

Oh just like this 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 is 

On my! 

It's been too hard living 

And I'm afraid to die 

Cause I don't know what's up there 

Beyond the clouds 

It's been a long long time coming 

But I know a change is gonna come 

Oh yes it is 

Oh my 

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There's a time I would go to my brother 

I asked my brother "will you help me please?" 

He turned me down and then I ask my dear mother 

I said "Mother! I'm down on my knees" 

It's been a time that I thought 

Lord this couldn't last for very long 

But somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on 

It's been a long long time coming 

But I know a change is gonna come 

Oh yes it is 

Just like I said, I went to my little bitty brother 

I asked my brother "Brother help me please?" 

He turned me down and then I go to my little mother 

I said "Mother! I'm down on my knees" 

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But there was a time that I thought 

Lord this couldn't last for very long 

But somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on 

It's been a long long time coming 

But I know a change is gonna come 

Oh yes it will