The Change

You know sometimes a song needs singing, and sometimes it needs something else; And I believe the best way to get this to you would be to Tell yawl about it; Mmm! It's about a time of the year, and we call it the fall; oh yea! It's a time when you can feel a change coming; like sometimes late in the evening; You can feel a little brisk air nipping at the back of your neck Kinda makes you want to scrunch up your shoulders and pull a jean jumper up around you. You can feel it in your bones You know a change is gonna come; Oh, and a change never done nobody no harm. And it's a time that always makes me think about old hobos sitting out around the campfires; Boiling 'em some coffee in an old tin can, with their jumpers pulled up around their heads; Trying to stay warm; Oooh! Listen to 'em, oh yea! But it's also a time when I get a restless feeling inside my bones; Makes me just want to get on a freight train and ride somewhere; Like there's something, somewhere saying, "Come see about me." Check it out! You can feel it in your bones You know a change is gonna come; Oh, and a change never done nobody no harm. And it's a time if you go out in the woods very much, you can see the turning of the leaves; Kinda smells good to you, yea! But it don't last long; Before you know winter's done come chomping down on you And you really are hovering up in your coat, trying to get yourself warm; Oooh, Oh lord, but it's a good time, it's a good thing, it's a change. You can feel it in your bones You know a change is gonna come; Oh, and a change never done nobody no harm. --- The Change - Tony Joe White