A Change Is Gonna Come

Song A Change Is Gonna Come
Artist Otis Redding
Album Original Album Series

Lyrics

[00:19.69] I was born by a river in this little old tent
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[00:33.52] Oh just like this river I've been running ever since
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[00:40.40] It's been a long long time coming
[00:47.54] But I know but I know a change is gotta come
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[00:53.02] Oh yes it is
[00:54.69] On my
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[00:57.62] It's been too hard living oh my
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[01:03.81] And I'm afraid to die
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[01:08.67] I don't know what's up there
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[01:12.73] Beyond the clouds
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[01:15.35] It's been a long long time coming
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[01:22.53] But I know but I know a change is gotta come
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[01:28.01] Oh yes it is
[01:29.86] On my
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[01:34.59] There was a time I would go to my brother
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[01:43.12] I asked my brother "Will you help me please "
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[01:51.64] He turned me down and then I ask my dear mother oh
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[01:58.83] I said "Mother "
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[02:00.57] I said "Mother I'm down on my knees"
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[02:06.61] It's been a time that I thought
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[02:11.18] Lord this couldn't last for very long
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[02:17.17] But somehow I thought
[02:18.60] I was still able to try to carry on
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[02:24.01] It's been a long long time coming
[02:31.18] But I know a change is gonna come
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[02:36.77] Oh yes it is
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[02:42.59] Just like I said I went to my little bitty brother
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[02:48.70] My littele brother
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[02:51.88] I asked my brother "Brother help me please "
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[03:01.29] He turned me down and
[03:02.80] Then I go to my little mother my dear mother
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[03:08.60] I said "Mother "
[03:09.86] I said "Mother I'm down on my knees"
[03:15.85] But there was a time that I thought
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[03:20.31] Lord this couldn't last for very long
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[03:27.01] But somehow I thought
[03:27.70] I was still able to try to carry on
[03:32.83]
[03:33.56] It's been a long long time coming
[03:40.64] But I know but I know a change is gotta come
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[03:46.12] Oh It's been a long
[03:47.49] It's been a long
[03:48.97] A little too long
[03:50.42] A change is gotta come
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[03:52.72] So tired
[03:54.08] So tired of standing by myself
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[03:57.23] It's been a long long time coming
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[04:01.24] You know that I know
[04:02.94] You know that I know
[04:04.91] I know that You knowthat a change is gotta come