It's been a long time comin' -   Now it's time to dance   By the golden thread of circumstance   You're destiny come dressed as chance   We've been a long time comin'   To this romance      Now i'm an honest man   But the time has come   And i'm a peaceful man   The peace before the storm   I think i hear my train   I think i hear my freedom train   I think i hear my freedom train   I think i hear my freedom train   I think i hear my freedom train      Now the world is changin' -    Faster than we know   In these troubled lands   Where hate dies slow   I think a train of change   Is comin' down the track   Comin' right this way   It ain't turning back      Now i'm an honest man   With a message of hope   And i'm a peaceful man   On a slippery slope   I think i hear my train   I think i hear my freedom train   I think i hear my freedom train   I think i hear my freedom train   I think i hear my freedom train   Comin' down the track   Comin' down the track