Times They Are A' Changin', The Lyrics - Lifelines Live - Peter, Paul & Mary

(Bob Dylan) 

Come gather 'round people where ever 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 prophesy 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 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'! 

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'!