Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come Lyrics
I was born by a river, oh myIn this little old townJust like this riverI've been running ever sinceIt's been aloneLord, I'm coming but I know, but I knowThat changes gotta come, nowOu yes it is, my oh my oh my oh myIt's been too hard livin', oh myAnd I'm afraid to dieI don't know what's up thereBeyond the cloudsIt's been aloneLord I'm coming but I know, but I knowThat changes gotta comeOh yes it is, my oh my oh myThere's a timeI will go to my brother, oh myI would ask my brotherWill you help me please, oh now oh nowHe turned me downAnd then I asked my little mother, oh my ohI said mother, I said motherI'm down on my kneesIt's been time that I goLord it's too lateVery long, oh now ohSomehow I thought I was still ableTo try to carry onIt's been aloneLord I'm coming but I knowThat changes gonna comeOh yes it isHuh, just like I saidI went to my little baby brother, oh my, my little brotherI asked my brother, brother help me please, oh nowHe turned me downAnd then I go to my little mother, my dear mother, oh now, huhI said mother, I said mother I'm down on my kneesBut there was a time that I goLord it's too lateSo very long, oh my ohSomehow I thought I was still ableTo try to carry onIt's been aloneLord I'm coming but I know, but I knowThat changes gotta come, ouIt's been so long, It's been so longA little too longBut changes gotta comeSo tired, so tired of sufferingStanding by myselfHas given up a homeBut changes gotta
