Come gather 'round, people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grownAnd accept it that soonYou'll be drenched to the boneIf your time to you is worth savin'And you better startswimmin'Or you'll sink likea stoneFor the times they area-changin'Come writers and criticsWho prophesize with your penAnd keep your eyes wideThe chance won't come againAnd don't speak too soonFor the wheel's still in spinAnd there's no tellin' who hat it's namin'For the loser now Will be later to winFor the times they are a-changin' Come senators, congressmenPlease heed the callDon't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hallFor he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled The battle outside ragin' Will 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 agin' 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 fadin' And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'