Come gather `round people where ever
you roam And admit that the waters around
you have grown
And accept it that soon you`ll be drenched
to the bone If your time to you is worth savin`
Then you better start swimmin` or you`ll sink
like a stone, For the times they are a` changin`
Come writers and critics who prophesize
with your pen
And keep your eyes wide the chance
won`t come again And don`t speak too soon
for the wheel`s still in spin
And there`s no tellin` who that it`s namin`
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a` changin`
Come senators, congressmen please
heed the call Don`t stand in the doorway don`t
block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There`s a battle outside and it`s ragin`
It`ll soon shake your windows and rattle your
walls For the times they are a` changin`
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don`t criticize what you can`t understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond
your command Your old road is rapidly agin`
Please get out of the new one if you can`t lend
your hand
For the times they are a` changin`
For the times they are a`changin`
The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
The slow one now will later be fast
As the present now will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin`
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a` changin`!