Come gather round people wherever you roam

And admit that the waters around you have grown

And accept it that soon youll be drenched to the bone

If your time to you is worth saving

Then youd better start swimming or youll sink like a stone



For the times, they are a-changin



Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pens

And keep your eyes wide, the chance wont come again

And dont speak too soon, for the wheels still in spin

And theres no telling who that its naming

For the loser now will be later to win

For the times, they are a-changin



Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call

Dont stand in the doorway, dont block up the halls

For he that gets hurt will be he that has stalled

Theres a battle outside and its raging

Itll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls

For the times, they are a-changin



Come mothers and fathers all over the land

And dont criticize what you cant 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 cant lend a hand

For the times they are a-changin



The line, it is drawn, the curse, it is cast

The slow one will later be fast

And the present now will soon be the past

The order is rapidly fading

The first one now will later be last

For the times, they are a-changin



Transcribed by Stephen Sander

steve_sander@cacdsp.com