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 YA 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
THE BATTLE
OUTSIDE A-RAGIN'
WILL 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 YA CAN'T
UNDERSTAND
YOUR SONS AND
YOUR DAUGHTERS
ARE BEYOND
YOUR COMMAND
YOUR OLD ROAD
IS RAPIDLY AGIN'
PLEASE GET
OUTTA THE NEW ONE
IF YA CAN'T
LEND YOUR HAND
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'