Come gather around people wherever you roamAnd admit that the waters around you have grownAnd accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the boneIf your time to you is worth savingSo you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stoneFor the times, they are a-changingOne, two, three!Come writers and critics from the sides with your penAnd keep your eyes wide, the change won't come againDon't speak too soon for the wheels to spinAnd there's no telling who that is leavingFor the loser now will be later to winFor the times, they are a-changingCome senators, congressmen, easy to callDon't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hallFor he that gets hurt will be he who has stalledThere's a battle outside and it's ragingIt'll soon shake your windows and rattle your wallsFor the times, they are a-changingCome mothers and fathers throughout the landAnd don't criticize what you don't understandYour sons and your daughters are beyond your commandYour own road is rapidly agingSo get out of the way if you can't let your handFor the times, they are a-changingSet it free, set it free, set it free, set it freeFor the times, they are a-changingThe line it is drawn, the curse it is castThe slow one now will later be fastAs the present now will later be pastThe order is rapidly fadingAnd the first one now will later be leftFor the times, they are a-changingHe said the times, they are a-changingYeah, the times, they are a-changingSet it free, set it free, set it free, set it freeFor the times, they are a-changingYeah, the times, they are a-changingThank you.