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'