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`
Ahh you better start swimmin` or you`ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin`
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
Keep your eyes wide the chance won`t come again
And don`t speak too soon for the wheel`s still in spin
There`s no tellin` who that it`s namin`
The loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin`
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
Don`t criticize what you can`t understand
Your sons and daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin`
So get out of the new one it can`t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin`