The Times They Are A-Changin'

Come gather round people wherever you roam Admit that the waters around you have grown 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 prophesize with your pen Keep your eyes open, the chance won't come again And watch what you say for the wheel's still in spin 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 who gets hurt will be he who has stalled The battle outside ragin' It'll rattle your windows and shake down your walls For the times, they are a-changin' Come mothers and fathers throughout the land And don't criticize what you can't understand Your sons and daughters are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly agin' Get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand For the times, they are a-changin'