The Times They Are A-Changin'

Come gather 'round people, wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown Admit 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-changin' Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen Keep your eyes wide open, the chance won't come again And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin There's no telling who that it's naming For the loser now will be later to win For the times they are a-changin' Come senators, and 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 There's a battle outside and it's raging It'll soon shake your windows and rattle 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 your daughters are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly aging Please get out the new one if you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'