How many roads must a man walk down   Before they call him a man?   How many seas must a white dove sail   Before she sleeps in the sand?      How many times must the cannonballs fly   Before they are forever banned?   The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind   The answer is blowing in the wind      How many years can a mountain exist   Before it's washed to the sea?   How many years must some people exist   Before they're allowed to be free?      And how many times can a man turn his head   And pretend that he just doesn't see the answer?   The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind   The answer is blowing in the wind      How many times can man look up   Before he sees the sky?   How many years must one person have   Before he can hear people cry?      And how many deaths will it take till he knows   That too many people have died?   The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind   The answer is blowing in the wind   Oh, the answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind   The answer is blowing in the wind