Come gather round, people, wherever you may roam
Admit that the waters around you have grown
Admit that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is a-saving
Well,
you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
For the tides, they are a-changin'
Come,
writers and critics,
who prophesize with your pen
Keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again
Don't speak too soon,
for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's a-namin'
For the looth and I will be laden to win
For the tides, they are a-changin'
Come,
senators and congressmen,
please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway,
don't blacken the hall
For he who has lost is he who has all
There's a storm outside and it's a-ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your wall
For the tides, they are a-changin'
Ah,
ah,
it'll soon shake your windows and rattle your wall
For the tides, they are a-changin'
Come,
mothers and fathers throughout the land
Don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your
command And your own road is rapidly agin'
So get out a new one if you can,
lend a hand For the tides,
they are a-changin'
Come, gather round,
people,
wherever you may roam Admit that the waters around you have grown
Admit that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is a-savin'
Well,
you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone
For the tides,
they are a-changin'
For the tides,
they are a-changin'