Listen to The Times They Are A-Changin' (Live 10/16/1992) by Tracy Chapman

The Times They Are A-Changin' (Live 10/16/1992)

Tracy Chapman

Singer/Songwriter

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Tracy Chapman

Guitar

G.E. Smith

Conductor

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Bob Dylan

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jeff Rosen

Producer

Jeff Kramer

Executive Producer

David Thoener

Mixing Engineer

Thom Cadley

Assistant Engineer

Don DeVito

Producer

Dave Hewett

Recording Engineer

Vic Anesini

Mastering Engineer

Steven Berkowitz

Steven Berkowitz

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Come gather 'round, people, wherever you roam

And admit that the waters around you have grown

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'

[Verse 2]

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'

And the loser now will be later to win

For the times they are a-changin'

[Verse 3]

Come senators and congressmen, please heed the call

Don't stand in the doorways, don't block up the hall

For he that gets hurt will be 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'

[Verse 4]

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 aging

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

For the times they are a-changin'

[Verse 5]

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

Your old orders are rapidly fadin'

And the first one now will later be last

For the times they are a-changin'

Written by: Bob Dylan

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