The Times They Are A-Changin'

Come gather round people wherever you roam

And admit that the waters above 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'

Changin'

Come writers and critics who prophesies 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 will be namin'

For the loser now will be later to win

For the times they are a-changin'

Changin'

Come, senators and 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 is ragin'

For wind'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls

For the times they are a-changin'

They're changin', hey

Come, mothers and fathers throughout the land

And don't criticize what you can't understand

For your sons and your daughters are beyond your command

Your old road is rapidly fadin'

Please get out of the window if you can't lend your hand

Oh the times they are a-changin'

They're changin'

The line it is drawn and

And the curse it is cast

And the slow one now

Will later be fast

As the present now

Will later be past

The order is rapidly fadin'

For the first one now

Will later be last

For the times they are a-changin'

Changin'