歌手:Otis Redding
专辑:《Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul》

作词 : Sam Cooke
作曲 : Sam Cooke

I was born, by a river, oh
in this 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,
but i know, a change is gonna come
Oh yes it is
On my oh my oh my!
It's been too, hard living oh!
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 but i know
a change is gonna come
Oh yes it is
Oh my oh my oh my
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 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
my dear mother
I said "Mother!
i said mother!"
"I'm down on my knees"
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 but i know
a change is gonna come
It's been so long, It's been so long
A little too long
But changes gonna come
So tired, so tired of suffering
Standing by myself
Has given up a home
But changes gonna come
you know , i know