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   And 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 if 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'