Comegather '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 swimming or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a changing
Come writers and critics who phrophecies with your pen
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
And dont speak too soon for the wheels still in spin
And theres no telling what its namin'
For the loser will be later to win
For the times they are a changing
Come mothers and fathers through out the land
And dont criticize what you dont understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one if you cant lend a hand
For the times they are a changing
Come senetors, Congressman please heed the call
Dont stand in the doorway dont block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
Theres a battle outside and itsragin'
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
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 later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a changing