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'
I'm writers and critics
Who privatize 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'
Some 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 ra gin'
Will soon shake your windows
and rattle your walls
For the times, they are a -changin'
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 out of 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'