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'   [ ac.guitar ]   Come writers and critics who prophesize 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 telling who that it's namin'   For the loser now will be later to win for the times they are a changin'   [ ac.guitar ]   Come senators congressmen please heed the call   Don't stand in the doorway don't block up 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 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'