The Times They Are A Changin lyrics

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`
then you better start swimmin`
or you`ll sink like a stone
for the times they are a-changin`.

Come writers and critics
who prophecise 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`

Come senators, congressmen,
please heed the call -
don`t stand in the doorway,
don`t block the hall,
for he that gets hurt
will be he who has stalled,
there`s a battle
outside and it`s ragin` -
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 criticise
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`.