Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
For the finale of Season 8 of American Idol, producer Simon Fuller chose a song for each of the top two to sing. Adam Lambert’s was the Civil Rights anthem “A Change is Gonna Come,” by the great Sam Cooke. Lambert later said on tour that he had sung that song before at a performance at the Zodiac Sh...
[Verse 1]
I was born by the river, in a little tent
Oh, and just like the river
I've been running ever since
[Chorus]
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will
[Verse 2]
It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's up there
Beyond the sky
[Chorus]
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will
[Verse 3]
I go to the movie
And I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me
Don't hang around
[Chorus]
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know, a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will
[Verse 4]
Then I go to my brother
And I say, brother, help me please
But he winds up, knockin' me
Back down on my knees
[Bridge]
Oh, there been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able, to carry on
[Chorus]
It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know my change is gonna come
Oh, yes it will
A Change Is Gonna Come (American Idol Performance) was written by Sam Cooke.