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 time coming. But I know a change is gonna come.
There been times when I thought I couldn’t last for long But now I think I’m able to carry on It’s been a long, been a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will.
You know, I’ll always be your slave ’til I’m buried, buried in my grave.
It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I’m not making a lot of money now either!
Don’t know much about history, don’t know much biology, don’t know much about a science book, don’t know much about the French I took.
Another fella told me, he had a sister who looked just fine. Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance to a cat name of Frankenstein.
Don’t know much about history Don’t know much biology.
Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that’s the sound of the men working on the chain gang.
Man, if I was back home, I’d be swinging with two chicks on my arms.