The Times They Are A-Changin'

Come gather 'round people

Wherever you roam

And admit that the waters

Above 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', 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

For the wheel's still in spin

And there's no tellin' who

It'll be namin'

For the loser now

Will be later to win

For the times they are a-changin', changin'

Come senators and 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

There's a battle outside

It's ragin'

I will soon shake your windows

And rattle your walls

For the times they are a-changin', they're changin'

Come mothers and fathers

Throughout the land

And don't criticize

What you can't understand

For your sons and your daughters

Are beyond your command

The old road is

Rapidly fadin'

Please get out of the way

If you can't lend your hand

For the times they are a-changin', they're changin'

The line it is drawn now

And the curse it is cast

AND The slow one now

Will later be fast

As the present now

Will later be past

The order is

Rapidly fadin'

Oh the first one now

Will later be last

For the times they are a-changin', changin'