Come gather 'round people wherever that you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
& accept it that soon U'll be drenched to the
bone if your time to you is worth savin' Then U
better start swimmin' or U'll sink like a stone 4
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 wheels
still in spin And there's no tellin' now that it's
namin' For the loser now will be later to win for
the times they are a-changin'
Come senators, congressmen, please head the call
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the
hall For he that gets hurt will be her that has
stalled The battle outside raging will soon shake
your windows And rattle your walls For the times,
they are a changing
Come mothers & fathers throughout land &
don't criticize what U can't understand Your sons
& your daughters R beyond your command your
old road is rapidly agein' So get out of the new
one if U can't lend your hand 4 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'
And admit that the waters around you have grown
& accept it that soon U'll be drenched to the
bone if your time to you is worth savin' Then U
better start swimmin' or U'll sink like a stone 4
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 wheels
still in spin And there's no tellin' now that it's
namin' For the loser now will be later to win for
the times they are a-changin'
Come senators, congressmen, please head the call
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the
hall For he that gets hurt will be her that has
stalled The battle outside raging will soon shake
your windows And rattle your walls For the times,
they are a changing
Come mothers & fathers throughout land &
don't criticize what U can't understand Your sons
& your daughters R beyond your command your
old road is rapidly agein' So get out of the new
one if U can't lend your hand 4 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'