The Times They Are A-Changin'

Come gather 'round people where ever 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 prophesise 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 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 please heed the call

Don't stand in the doorway don't block up the hall

For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled

The battle outside ragin' will soon shake your windows

And rattle your walls for the times they are a changin'

Come mothers and fathers all over 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 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 curse it is cast

The slow one now will later be fast

And the present now will later be past

The order is rapidly fadin' the first one now

Will later be last for the times they are a changin'

For the times they are a changin'