Come gather 'round people
Wherever 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 prophecise 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 the hall
For he that's gets hurt
will be he who has stalled
There's a battle
outside and it's ragin'
lt'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they
are a-changin'
Yes they're changin'
Come mothers and fathers
throughout the land
And don't you dare criticize
what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
They 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'
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
And you know
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'
Yes they're changin'