Times They Are A-Changin'

Come gather 'round, 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 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 prophesy with your pen
And keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon, there's a wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
For the loser now will be later win
For the times they are a-changin'
Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
Don't you just stand in the doorways
Don't you block off the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows, and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
Yes, they are a-changin'
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
Oh, don't you dare criticize what you cannot understand
Your sons and your daughters is beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one if you cannot lend a hand
For the times they are a-changin'
Oh, the line, it is drawn, the curse, it is cast
And you know 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 last
For the times they are a-changin'
Yes, they're a-changin'!

Come gather 'round, gather 'round
Come gather 'round, people, wherever you roam
And accept it that soon you will be drenched to the bone