a change is gonna come

1960年代正是美國風起雲湧,時事詭譎的年代
國內包含了反戰,黑人民權運動,以及冷戰古巴危機,甘迺迪遇刺.....等
而流行音樂在這段期間也正是百花齊放,許多的音樂奇才綻露頭腳的時代,如聽說要來台灣的鮑勃狄倫,披頭士,
以及Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke 這位英年早逝的黑人創作歌手,正如同那個時代多數的黑人一般,無論Jazz,Soul,Blues都幾乎是黑人擅長的節奏領域,雖然社會地位尚未改變,處處仍有種族歧視的環境下,黑人仍以音樂征服全美!進而透過音樂讓白人接受,肯定黑人
A Change Is Gonna Come 就是Sam Cooke 在1963年甘迺迪遇刺後,國家前途未明,且黑人運動萌芽,衝突之下,他也參與黑人的集會之後,寫下來的,靈感來自於自身被歧視的遭遇,也受鮑勃狄倫的影響,不幸的是
就在唱片發行不到一年,他被槍殺了,得年33
A Change Is Gonna Come 唱出了黑人的心中不滿.無奈但卻仍充滿希望,成為激發人心的歌曲,接著幾乎成了家喻戶曉的民權運動聖歌,
2008歐巴馬選總統時,主軸就是{CHANGE}
A Change Is Gonna Come 這首歌又再度響徹雲霄
好歌禁得起時間考驗,近半世紀後聽起來仍蕩氣迴腸.




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

It's been too hard living, but i'm afraid to die
Cos i don't know what's out there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But i know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

And then i go to see my brother
And i ask him to help me please
And he just winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees

There were 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

Repeat verse 2