Sam Cooke Quotes

It's been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die. ‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there, beyond the sky.

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

I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.

Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody.

Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop.

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.

You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.

If I could just touch the hem of His garment I know I'll be made whole

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.

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.

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!

I don't know what's up there / Beyond the sky

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.

Well that's very kind of you, but voices ought not be measured by how pretty they are. Instead they matter only if they convince you that they are telling the truth.