Come gather round, people, wherever you're on
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
Then you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
For the times, they are a-changin'
Come,
come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide,
the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon,
for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
For the loser now will be later to win Cause the times,
they are a-changin'
Come,
Senators, Congressmen, please heed the call
Unblock out the doorway, don't stand in the hall
Or he that gets hurt will be he that is stalled
Cause the battle outside ragin'
will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls For the times,
they are a-changin'
Come,
mothers and fathers throughout the land And
don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly fading Please
get on to the new one if you can't
lend your hand For the times, they
are a-changin'
The line is drawn and the cursed is cast
The slowest one now will later be fast
As the present now will later be past The order's rapidly fading
And the first one now will later be last For the times,
they are a-changin'