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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, 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 |
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I knew what was up there |
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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, oh yeah |
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I went, I went to my brother |
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And I asked him, "Brother 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 |
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I looked around |
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I was right back down |
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Down on my bended knees, yes |
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I was, oh |
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There've been times that |
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I thought |
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I thought that |
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I wouldn't last for long |
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But somehow right now |
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I believe that |
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I'm able, |
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I'm able to carry on |
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I tell you that it's been a long |
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And oh it's been an uphill journey, all the way |
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But I know, |
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I know, I know |
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I know my change is gonna come |
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Sometimes |
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I had to cry all night long, yes |
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I did Sometimes |
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I had to give up right, for what |
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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 every step of the way |
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But I believe, |
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I believe |
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This evenin' my change is come |
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Yeah, I tell you that my change is come |
