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SAM COOKE
8. A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)

Sam Cooke (voc), Harold Battiste (p), Clifton White, Norman Bartold (g), Chuck Badie (b), Earl Palmer (d), Louis Blackburn, John Ewing, David Wells (tb), William Hinshaw (frh), Arnold Belnick, William Kurasch, Irving Lipschultz, Leonard Malarsky, Jack Pepper, Ralph Schaeffer, Sidney Sharp, Darrell Terwilliger, Tibor Zelig (v), Harry Hyams, Alexander Neiman (vla), Emmer Sargeant (vc), Emil Radocchia (timp), René Hall (arr/cond)
RCA Studio, Hollywood, CA, 30. Januar 1964
RCA Victor Single, 1964 (CD: Keep Movin’ On, Tracey/ABKCO, SACD, 2001)

Oben die LP, auf der der Track 1964 erschien, unten die SACD, der ich ihn entnahm.

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A CHANGE IS GONNA COME

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh, just like a river, I’ve been running ever since
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change’s gonna come, oh, yes, it will

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die
‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there above the sky
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change’s gonna come, oh, yes, it will

I go to the movies, and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me, don’t hang around
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change’s gonna come, oh, yes, it will

Oh, when I go to my brother
I’d say brother, help me, please
But he winds up knockin’ me
Back down on my knees

There been times that I thought I wouldn’t last for long
Now I think I’m able to carry on
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change’s gonna come, oh, yes, it will

– Written by Sam Cooke

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