Times They Are A-Changing

Come, gather 'round people, wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And expect that it's soon, you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth saving...
Well, you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
For the times, they are a-changing
Come writers and critics, who prophecies 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 telling who that it's naming
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times, they are a-changing
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 is tall
There's a battle outside and it's raging
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times, they are a-changing
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
And your old road is rapidly fading
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
For the times, they are a-changing
The line it is drawn, the curse it is cast
The slow one now will later be fast
As the present now will soon be the past
And the order is rapidly fading
And the first one now will later be last
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
Oh, you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times, they are a-changing