The Times They Are a-Changin' lyrics

Come gather 'round, people, wherever you roam

Admit that the waters around you have grown

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 prophesize with your pen

Keep your eyes open, the chance won't come again

And watch what you say, for the wheel's still in spin

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 who gets hurt will be he who has stalled

The battle outside ragin'

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

Your old road is rapidly agin'

Get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand

For the times they are a-changin'