Well, it's dark in the citynI've lost my pridenThe lights in the streets hide the stars from my eyesnnIt's been a long, long time comingnBut I know that change is gonna comennAnd it's too hard livingnBut I'm afraid to dienCause I don't know what's up therenJust beyond the skynnIt's been a long, long time comingnBut I know that change is gonna comennAnd I miss my familynMy little girlnShe is my princessnI'd give her the worldnnIt's been a long, long time comingnBut I know that change is gonna comennI just need some comfortnSome kind of beliefnThat this war we're fightingnCan really bring some peacennThere's no rhyme nor reasonnOr sweet melodynMore and more weaponsnmean less securitynnIt's been a long, long time comingnBut I know that change is gonna comennAnd I've tried to find itnSome better placenWhere having the biggest gunnain't some kind of racennIt's been a long, long time comingnBut I know that change is gonna comennThere's been times I thoughtnI couldn't last for longnBut now I think I'm ablenTo carry onnnIt's been a long, long time comingnBut I know that change is gonna comennIt's been a long, long time comingnBut I know that change is gonna comennYes, a change is gonna come