Down on my bended knees
Sometimes I had to cry all night long
Yes it's been an uphill journey
Something that touched my heart
But I believe, I believe
I've been runnin' ever since
For what I knew was wrong
Sometimes I had to give up right
He said it's been a long time comin'
Yes I was, oh
Could you help me, please?"
And when I, when I looked around
It's sure's been a long way comin'
That I'm able, I'm able to carry on
All the way
But I know my change is gonna come
He said it's been too hard livin'
I'd like to but I'm not able"
Yeah I tell you that
I tell you that it's been along
But I know, I know, I know
But somehow right now I believe
And it began this way
Oh yeah
I went, I went to my brother
But I know my change has got to come
I was born by the river
There I've been times that I thought
I know my change is gonna come
But I'm afraid to die
I thought that I wouldn't last for long
He said, "Good sister
In a little tent
I might not be if I knew
Yes I did
It's been real hard
And I asked him, "Brother
Oh yeah
Yes it has
Every step of the way
I was right back down
This evenin' my change is come
And oh it's been an uphill journey
And just like the river
It's been a long, a long time comin'
What was up there beyond the sky
