Come gather round people where ever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown Accept it that soon youll 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 wont come again Dont speak too soon when the wheels 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 Dont 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 youre windows and rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin