A change is gonna come
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tekst & muziek: Sam Cooke
origineel door: Sam Cooke (1965)

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I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like that river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a 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, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movies and I go downtown
and somebody keep telling me to stop hanging 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 see my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down 
back down on my knees

There's 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 time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come