Come gather round people wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept that it soon will be drenched to the bone
If the 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 prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon for the wheels still in spin
And there's no telling who that it's naming
Cause a loser now will be later to win
For the times they
Are a changing
Come santa's congressmen please hear the call
Don't stand in the doorway don't lock up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled the battle
Outside is raging
We'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they
Are a changing
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And no criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly aging
Please get out the new one
If you can't lend your hand
Or the times they
Are a changing
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
But slow on now will be later
Fast as the present one now will later be past
The order is rapidly fading
And the first one now will later be last
Though the times they
Are a changing