A Change Is Gonna Come

 
              
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There's an old friend 
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That I once heard say 
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Something that touched my heart 
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And it began this way 
 
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I was born by the river 
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In a little tent 
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And just like the river 
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I've been runnin' ever since 
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He said it's been a long time comin' 
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But I know my change is gonna come 
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Oh, yeah 
 
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He said it's been too hard livin' 
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But I'm afraid to die 
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I might not be if I knew 
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What was up there beyond the sky 
 
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It's been a long, a long time comin' 
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But I know my change has got to come 
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Oh, yeah 
 
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I went, I went to my brother 
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And I asked him: brother 
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Could you help me, please? 
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He said: good sister 
 
I'd like to, but I'm not able 
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And when I, when I looked around 
 
I was right back down 
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Down on my bended knees 
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Yes, I was, oh 
 
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There've been times that I thought 
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I thought that I wouldn't last for long 
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But somehow right now I believe 
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That I'm able, I'm able to carry on 
 
I tell you that it's been along 
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And oh, it's been an uphill journey 
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All the way 
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But I know, I know, I know 
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I know my change is gonna come 
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Sometimes I had to cry all night long 
 
Yes, I did 
 
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Sometimes I had to give up right 
 
For what I knew was wrong 
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Yes, it's been an uphill journey 
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It's sure's been a long way comin' 
 
Yes, it has 
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It's been real hard 
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Every step of the way 
 
But I believe, I believe 
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This evenin' my change is come