come gather ‘round people where ever you roam   and admit that the waters around you have grown   accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone   and if your time to you is worth saving   well you better start swimming or sink like a stone   for the times they are a-changin’      come writers and critics who prophesize with pen   keep your eyes wide the change won’t come again   don’t speak too soon when the wheel’s still in spin   the old road is rapidly aging   and the losers now will be later to win   ‘cause the times they are a-changin’      come senator, congressmen, please heed the cause   don’t stand in the doorway or block up the halls   for he who gets hurt will be he who has stalled   and the battle outside that is raging   will soon shake you’re windows and rattle your walls   for the times they are a-changin’