I was born by the river
In a little tent, oh
And just like a river
I've been running ever since
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change
Has got to come
Oh, yes, it will
It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
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
Has got to come
Oh, yes, it will
(And I go) then I
I go to my brother
(And I say) and I say
Brother, help me please
But he, you know he
Just keep on, keep on
Knocking me to my knees
But, oh, there's been times
That I thought I could last alone
Now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change
Has got to come
A change has
Got to come, yeah
All the world over
So easy to see
People everywhere
Just wanna be free
Listen, please listen
That's the way it should be
Peace in the valley
People got to be free
They wanna be free now
Ow, come on
All the world
All the world over
So easy to see
People everywhere
Just wanna be free
(Can't understand it)
Can't understand it
So simple to me
People everywhere
Just got to be free
Got to, got to be free
Listen
Shout it from the mountains
On out to the sea
No two ways about it
People have to be free
Ask me my opinion
My opinion will be
Natural situation for
A man to be free
Oh, come on
Ow, wanna be free
Yeah, yeah, oww
What a feeling
Oh, what a feeling's
Just come over me
(Enough to move a mountain)
Love can move a mountain
Make a blind man see
Everybody's dancing
Come on, let's go see
(And peace in the valley)
Peace in the valley now
We all can be free
Come on, that's
What I'm talking about
Let me hear you clap one time
Come on
(Wanna be free) yeah
Come on (got to be free)
All the world over
(Wanna be free)
So easy to see
(Got to be free)
People everywhere
(Wanna be free)
They just wanna be free
(Free)
Oh, what a feeling (free)
Come on with me (free)
I got to move a mountain
Make a blind man see
All the world over