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' Ahh 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 wide the chance won't come again And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin There's no tellin' who that it's namin' The loser now will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land Don't criticize what you can't understand Your sons and daughters are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly agin' So get out of the new one it can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'
