Come gather around people wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth saving
So you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
For the times, they are a-changing
One, two, three!
Come writers and critics from the sides with your pen
And keep your eyes wide, the change won't come again
Don't speak too soon for the wheels to spin
And there's no telling who that is leaving
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times, they are a-changing
Come senators, congressmen, easy to call
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it's raging
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times, they are a-changing
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don't criticize what you don't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your own road is rapidly aging
So get out of the way if you can't let your hand
For the times, they are a-changing
Set it free, set it free, set it free, set it free
For the times, they are a-changing
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 fading
And the first one now will later be left
For the times, they are a-changing
He said the times, they are a-changing
Yeah, the times, they are a-changing
Set it free, set it free, set it free, set it free
For the times, they are a-changing
Yeah, the times, they are a-changing
Thank you.