The Times, They Are a-Changin’

[Verse 1]
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'
And you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times, they are a-changin'

[Verse 2]
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again
Don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
'Cause the loser now will be later to win
For the times, they are a-changin'

[Verse 3]
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
With a battle outside will be ragin'
It'll strike at your windows and rattle your walls
For the times, they are a-changin'

[Verse 4]
Mothers and fathers throughout the land
Don't criticize things that you don't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
And your old world is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times, they are a-changin'

[Verse 5]
The line - it is drawn, the curse - it is cast
The slow one now will later be fast
As the present now will later be past
Your old world is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last
For the times, they are a-changin'