A Change Is Gonna Come Songtext
von Herbie Hancock

I was born by the river, oh, in a little tent
Oh, and like that 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 and I'm afraid to die
Cause I don't know what′s up there beyond the sky
It′s been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Yes it will

And I go to the movies and I go down town
Somebody keeps telling me don't you hang around
It′s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it will


Then I go to my brother
I say brother, brother won't you help me, please
But he just winds up, knocking me
Oh, back down on my knees

There′s be time when I thought I couldn't last for very long
But now I think I′m able to carry on
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it will
Yes it will

There's a time, when I go to my brother
I say brother, I say brother won′t you help me, please
But he just winds up, knocking me down, down, down
Down on my knees

There′s be time that I thought I couldn't last for very long
But now I think I′m able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know, but I know, I know, I know, I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it will