Come gather round people wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon youll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin
Then you better start swimmin or youll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin
Come writers and critics, prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide, the chance wont come again
And dont speak too soon for the wheels still in spin
And theres no tellin who that its namin
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times, they are a-changin
Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
Dont stand in the doorway, dont block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
Theres a battle outside and its ragin
It will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And dont criticize what you cant understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin
So get out of the new one if you cant 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