Lyrics to
A Change Is Gonna Come

This version of A Change Is Gonna Come was released by George Benson in 1977.

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I was born by the river
In a little tent, and o
Just like that river
I’ve been running ever since

It’s been a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will

It’s been too hard living
But I’m afraid to die
‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there
Beyond the sky

It’s been a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown
Somebody keep tellin me
Don’t hang around

It’s been a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he wind up (knocking) me
Back down on my knees

There have 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 time, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will

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About Lyrics and A Change Is Gonna Come by George Benson

The lyrics to A Change Is Gonna Come are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that George Benson used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to A Change Is Gonna Come have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only George Benson and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to A Change Is Gonna Come by George Benson. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to A Change Is Gonna Come" means the words set to the music of A Change Is Gonna Come, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by George Benson. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to A Change Is Gonna Come and the lyrics to A Change Is Gonna Come are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of George Benson who came here looking just for the lyrics to A Change Is Gonna Come, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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