Hey, old man. Remember 1964?
With your hair long and curly trying to end the damn war?
When peace signs and marches shook you to the core?
But here we are again and I don't see you no more
For the times, they are not changing
It's the same as it was once before
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
And now you just don't care anymore
Then the 70's came and you got a real job
You bought a house in the suburbs on a half acre lot
They started busing in children, and you quit smokin pot
The prices went higher, and the whole world was shot
And the times, they are not changing
It's the same as it was once before
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
And now you just don't care anymore
Then the 80's swept in with a new set of rules
And you sent your kids off to private, lily white schools
Kept your hand-me-down money, and your millionaires j**els
Gave em food stamps and welfare, don't complain you poor fools
Cause the times, they are not changing
It's the same as it was once before
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
And now you just don't care anymore
From the 90's til now, not a whole lot has changed
The rich folks keep the winnings, and make the rules to the game
And expect us somehow, just to feel lucky to play
But we see it all get harder, and harder each day
And the times, they are not changing
It's the same as it was once before
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
And now you just don't care anymore
Now if this song hurts your feelings
That don't mean it ain't true
Just probably means we're singing about you
The times, the are not changing
Its the same as it was once before
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
And now you just don't care anymore
As soon as you got a little, you turned your back on the middle, and you just don't care anymore
Will Hoge
The Times They Are Not Changing