Come gather 'round people
Where ver you roam
And admit that the waters
Aro und you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be d renched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics
Who p rophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance w on't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the w heel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Pl ease heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't blo ck up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be h e who has stalled
There's a battle outside ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers
Througho ut the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are b eyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The c urse it is cast
The slow one now
Will l ater be fast
As the present now
Will l ater be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
