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It's Been A Long Time Coming
Sam Cooke

I was born by the river

In a little tent

And just like the river

I've been running ever since

It's been a long, 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

I don't know what's up there beyond the sky

I go to the movie and I go downtown but

somebody keep telling me don't hang around

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change gonna come

Oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother

I say brother help me please

But he winds up knocking me

Back down on my knees

There's 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, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes it will


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  "Shake, Rattle and Roll"   "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On"   (Ain't That Good News)   (Ain't That) Good News   (Don't Fight It) Feel It   (Don’t Fight It) Feel It   (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons   (Somebody) Ease My Troublin' Mind   (Somebody) Ease My Troublin' Mind   (What A) Wonderful World   10 Til Midnite   A Change Gonna Come   A Change Is Gonna Come   A Whole Lotta Woman   A Wonderful World   Ain't Misbehavin'   Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do   Ain't Nobody's Business   Ain't That Good News   Ain't Misbehavin'   Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do   Aint That Good News   All My Life   All Of My Life   All The Way   Along the Navajo Trail   Another satuday night   Another Saturday Night   Another Saturday Night (Alternate Take)   Another Saturday Night (Previously Unreleased, Alt...   Another Saturday Night [#]   Another Saturday Night [Alternate Take][#][Take]   Another Saturday Night [Previously Unreleased Take...   Any Day Now   Around the World   Baby   Baby Won't You Please Come Home   Baby, Baby, Baby   Basin Street Blues   Be with Me Jesus   Bill Bailey   Blowin' In The Wind   Blowin' In The Wind   Blue Moon   Born Again   Bring It On Home   Bring It On Home To Me   Bring It On Home To Me (Live )   But Not for Me   Camptown Twist   Canadian Sunset   Chain Gang   Chain Gang [Live]   Chains of Love   Change Gon' Come   Change Gon\' Come   Change Is Gonna Come   Come, Let Us Go Back To God   Come, Let Us Go Back To God   Comes Love   Cool Train   Cool Train (First Stereo Release)   Cousin Of Mine   Crazy She Calls Me   Cry Me a River   Cupid   Dance What You Wanna   Danny Boy   Darling, I Need You Now   Deep River   Desire Me   Dizzy Miss Lizzy   Don't Cry On My Shoulder   Don't Get Around Much Anymore   Don't Go (On My Knees)   Don't Know Much About History   Don't Cry On My Shoulder   Driftin' Blues   Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha   Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha   Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha   Exactly Like You   Falling In Love   Far Away Places   Farther Along   Feel It   Feel It   Feel It (Don't Fight It)   Fool's Paradise   Fool's Paradise   For Sentimental Reasons   Forever   Frankie & Johnnie   Frankie and Johnny   Get Yourself Another Fool   God Bless the Child   Good Morning Heartache   Good News   Good Times   Happy In Love   Having A Party   Having a Party [Live]   He'll Make A Way   He'll Welcome Me   He's So Wonderful   He'll Make A Way   He'll Welcome Me   Hem Of His Garment   Hey There   Hold On   Home (When Shadows Fall)   How Far Am I From Canaan?   How Far Am I From Canaan?   I Ain't Gonna Cheat On You No More   I Ain't Gonna Cheat On You No More   I Belong To Your Heart   I Cover the Waterfront   I Don't Want to Cry   I Got A Right To Sing The Blues   I Have A Friend Above All Others   I Lost Everything   I Love You For Sentimental Reasons   I Need You Now   I Wish You Love   I'll Come Running Back to You   I'm Gonna Forget About You   I'm Just A Lucky So And So   I'm Leaving It All Up To You   I'm so Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always)   I\'ll Come Runnin\' Back To You   I'll Come Running Back To You   I’ll Come Running Back To You   I’ll Keep Thinking Of You   I’m Alright   If I Had You (I'd Be Happy)   Ill Come Running Back To You   It Won't Be Very Long   It's All Right   It's Got The Whole World Shakin'   It\'s All Right   It\'s Got The Whole World Shakin\'   It's All Right   It's Got The Whole World Shakin'   Jamaica Farewell   Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair   Jesus Be A Fence Around Me   Jesus Gave Me Water   Jesus Paid The Debt   Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles   Jumpin\' Jumpin\' (So So Def Remix)   Just Another Day   Just For You   Keep Movin' On   Keep Movin' On   Keep On Loving You   Laughin' And Clownin'   Laughin' And Clownin'   Lawdy Miss Clawdy   Let Me Go Home   Let's Go Steady Again   Let\'s Go Steady Again   Let's Go Steady Again   Little Girl   Little Girl Blue   Little Red Rooster   Little Things You Do   London by Night   Lonely Island   Long, Long Ago   Lost And Lookin'   Lost And Lookin'   Lovable   Love Me   Love Will Find A Way   Love You Most Of All   Loveable   Lover Girl   Lover, Come Back to Me   Mary, Mary Lou   Mean Old World   Mean Old World   Meet Me At Mary's Place   Meet Me At Mary's Place   Meet Me At Marys Place   Meet Me At The Twistin’ Place   Mona Lisa   Moulin Rouge   Movin' and Groovin'   Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone   Must Jesus Bear This Cross Alone?   Nearer To Thee   Never (Coming Running Back To You)   No One Can Take Your Place   Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen   Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out   Nobody Knows You When Your Down And Out   Nobody Loves Me Like You   Nothin' Can Change This Love   Nothing Can Change This Love   Nothing Can Change This Love [*]   Oh, Look at Me Now   Ol Man River   One More Time   Only Sixteen   Out In The Cold Again   Peace in the Valley   Pilgram Of Sorrow   Pilgrim Of Sorrow   Pink Champagne   Please Don't Drive Me Away   Please Send Me Someone To Love   Rome (Wasn't Built in a Day)   Rome (Wasn’t Built In A Day)   Rome Wasn't Built In A Day   Rome Wasn't Built In A Day   Rome Wasnt Built In A Day   Sad Mood   Sad Mood (Unreleased Version)   Sad Mood [#]   Secret Love   Send Me Some Lovin'   Send Me Some Lovin'   Shake   She Was Only Sixteen   Sho’ Miss You Baby   Since I Met You Baby   Smoke Rings   Solitude   Somebody Have Mercy   Somebody's Gonna Miss Me   Someday   Somewhere There's A Girl   Somewhere There's A God   Somewhere There’s A Girl   Soothe Me   South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)   Stand By Me   Stand By Me Father   Steal Away   Sugar Dumpling   Sugar Dumpling (Original Version)   Summertime   Summertime [Alternate Take]   Summertime [From Porgy and Bess]   Summertime, Pt. 1   Talkin' Trash   Talkin' Trash   Teenage Sonata   Tenderness   Tennessee Waltz   That Lucky Old Sun   That's All I Need To Know   That's Heaven To Me   That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On   That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On   That's Where It's At   That\'s It - I Quit - I\'m Movin\' On   That's All I Need To Know   That's Heaven To Me   That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On   That's Where It's At   THATS HEAVEN TO ME   Thats Where Its At   The Best Things In Life Are Free   The Great Pretender   The House I Live In   The Japanese Farewell Song   The Last Mile of the Way   The Last Mile of the Way   The Riddle Song   The Song From Moulin Rouge   The Song Is Ended   The Tennessee Waltz   The Things That I Used To Do   The Twist   The Wayward Wind   There, I've Said It Again   There, I\'ve Said It Again   There, I've Said It Again   These Foolish Things   They Call The Wind Maria (From Paint Your Wagon)   They Call The Wind Maria (From Paint Your Wagon)   They Can't Take That Away From Me   This Little Light of Mine   Too Young   Touch the Hem of His Garment   Trouble Blues   Try A Little Love   Twistin' The Night Away   Twistin\' The Night Away   Twistin' The Night Away   Twisting in the Kitchen with Dinah   Twisting The Night Away   Unchained Melody   Under Paris Skies   Until Jesus Calls Me Home   Venus   Wade In The Water   Were You There?   What A Wonderful World This Would Be   When A Boy Falls In Love   When I Fall In Love   When I Fall In Love   Wildest Girl In Town   Win Your Love (For Me)   Win Your Love For Me   Win Your Love for Me [*]   With You   Wonderful World   Wonderful World (Don't Know Much)   Wonderful World [From Atemlos]   Wonderful World Don\'t Know Much   Working On The Chain Gang   Yeah Man   You Belong to Me   You Gotta Move   You Send Me   You Were Made For Me   You Were Made for Me [*]   You, You, You   You're Always On My Mind   You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You   You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You   You’re Pickin’ In The Right Cotton Patch   You’re Workin’ Out Your Bag

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