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 saving

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

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 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 that gets hurt will be he who has stalled

The battle outside ragin'

Will soon shake your windows and rattle 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 your daughters are beyond your command

Your old road is rapidly aging

Please get outta' the new one if you can’t lend your hand

For the times they are a-changin'

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

The order is rapidly fading

And the first one now will later be last

For the times they are a-changin'