I was born by the river I was born by the river Eu nasci pelo rio In a little tent In a little tent Em uma pequena barraca Just like the river I've been running ever since Just like the river I've been running ever since Oh e só como o rio desde então eu venho correndo It's been a long It's been a long Um longo tempo, A long time coming A long time coming longo tempo está por vir But I know But I know Mas eu sei A change is gonna come A change is gonna come Que a mudança virá, Oh, yes it will Oh, yes it will Oh sim virá It's been too hard living It's been too hard living Tem sido muito difícil viver, But I'm afraid to die But I'm afraid to die Mas tenho medo de morrer I don't know what's up there I don't know what's up there Porque eu não sei o que tem Beyond the sky Beyond the sky Além do céu It's been a long It's been a long Um longo tempo, Long, long... is coming Long, long... is coming Longo, longo... tempo está por vir But I know But I know Mas eu sei A change is gonna come A change is gonna come Que a mudança virá And I go to the movies And I go to the movies Eu vou para o cinema And I go downtown And I go downtown E pra o centro da cidade Everybody keep telling me Everybody keep telling me Alguém continua me dizendo: Do you come around Do you come around Não saia por ai It's been a long It's been a long Um longo tempo, Oh, it's been a long time coming Oh, it's been a long time coming Oh, longo tempo está por vir But I know But I know Mas eu sei A change is gonna come A change is gonna come Que a mudança virá Then I go Then I go Depois eu vou Go to the my brother Go to the my brother Vou até meu irmão And I say brother: And I say brother: E eu digo a ele "Help me, please" "Help me, please" "Me ajude, por favor" He just winds up He just winds up Mas ele acaba me batendo Knockin' me down Knockin' me down Jogando me pra baixo Back down on my knees Back down on my knees Desistindo em meus joelhos And there...been times that I thought And there...been times that I thought Tem tempos que eu penso I couldn't last for long I couldn't last for long I não poderia durar por muito tempo But now I think I, I, I But now I think I, I, I Mas agora eu penso eu, eu, eu I can't able to carry on I can't able to carry on Eu que sou capaz de suportar It's been a long, long time coming It's been a long, long time coming Um longo, longo tempo está por vir But I know But I know Mas eu sei A change is gonna come A change is gonna come Que a mudança virá Ooh yeah Ooh yeah Ohh yeah Is gonna come Is gonna come Ela virá Ooh yeah Ooh yeah Ohh yeah Ooh oah Ooh oah Ooh yeah