A Change Is Gonna Come | This is for you, GD.

[Heidi]

Thank you for helping me, so far away from home, keep my head up and my chin up. "A Change Is Gonna Come."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4kMnMM2Fmk

A Change Is Gonna Come
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change 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, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown
somebody keep telling me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

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

Ohhhhhhhhh.....

There 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, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a 1965 single by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, written and first recorded in 1963 and released under the RCA Victor label shortly after his death in late 1964. Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, the song became one of his first blatantly political songs, and came to exemplify the sixties Civil Rights Movement.

[wildhorses]

1. ~

:hug:

[malaise]

2. One of my favourite songs

Thanks for that.

[enigmatic]

3. One of the most most moving songs ever written

Thanks, Heidi :hug:

[Heidi]

5. I only rediscovered it today.

It reminded me of all the good things and all the not-so-good things that are gonna change. :hug:

[Bethany Rockafella]

4. Everytime I hear that oldie but goodie I want to cry.

Thanks.

[OneBlueSky]

6. Sam Cooke had an AMAZING voice . . . he was also a great songwriter . . .

and this is, by far, one of his best . . . he left us far too soon . . .

[deadmessengers]

7. oh I love that song

Sam Cooke's voice was one-of-a-kind.

[HughBeaumont]

8. Three Dog Night's version is awesome too.

[Bethany Rockafella]

10. Really?

Is it out there on the internet? I'd like to hear it.

[HughBeaumont]

11. Could be on iTunes.

It's on the Suitable for Framing album. Grew up with that one as a kid.

[Call Me Wesley]

9. I know a change gonna come.

Great song.

[Heidi]

12. Bob Dylan's version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFTNj9apUGM&mode=related&search=