The 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