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A Change Is Gonna Come

This version of A Change Is Gonna Come was released by Patti Labelle in 1998.

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There’s an old friend
That I once heard say
Something that touched my heart
And it began this way

I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river
I’ve been runnin’ ever since

He said it’s been a long time comin’
But I know my change is gonna come, oh yeah

He said it’s been too hard livin’
But I’m afraid to die
I might not be if I knew what was up there
Beyond the sky

It’s been a long, a long time comin’
But I know my change has got to come, oh yeah

I went, I went to my brother
And I asked him, “Brother
Could you help me, please? ”

He said, “Good sister
I’d like to but I’m not able”
And when I, when I looked around
I was right back down
Down on my bended knees, yes I was, oh

There’ve been times that I thought
I thought that I wouldn’t last for long
But somehow right now
I believe that I’m able, I’m able to carry on

I tell you that it’s been a long
And oh it’s been an uphill journey, all the way
But I know, I know, I know
I know my change is gonna come

Sometimes
I had to cry all night long, yes I did
Sometimes
I had to give up right, for what I knew was wrong

Yes it’s been an uphill journey
It’s sure’s been a long way comin’, yes it has
It’s been real hard every step of the way
But I believe, I believe

This evenin’ my change is come
Yeah, I tell you that my change is come

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