[Verse 1]

             
Come gather 'r

            
ound people wh

          
erever you roa

m
             
And admit that

           
 the waters ar

              
ound you have 


grown
             
And accept it 

            
that soon you'

             
ll be drenched

        
 to the bone
             
If your time t

            
o you is worth

 
 savin'
             
So you better 

         
start swimming

            
 or you'll sin

         
k like a stone
             
For the times,

             
 they are a-ch

  
ang - in'


[Verse 2]

             
Come writers a

            
nd critics who

             
 prophecise wi

         
th your pen
             
And keep your 

            
eyes wide the 

             
chance won't c

     
ome again
             
And don't spea

            
k too soon for

             
 the wheel's s

         
till in spin
             
And there's no

            
 tellin' who t

          
hat it's namin

'
             
For the loser 

         
now will be la

      
ter to win
             
For the times 

          
they are a-cha

ng-in'


[Verse 3]

             
Come senators,

            
 congressmen p

          
lease heed the

 call
             
Don't stand in

           
 the doorway, 

              
don't block up


 the hall
             
For he that ge

            
ts hurt will b

             
e he who has s

        
talled
             
There's a batt

            
le outside and

 
 it's ragin'
             
It'll soon sha

         
ke your window

            
s and rattle y

         
our walls
             
For the times 

            
they are a-cha

  
ngin'


[Verse 4]

             
Come mothers a

            
nd fathers thr

          
oughout the la

nd
             
And don't crit

           
icize what you

              
 don't underst


and
             
Your sons and 

            
your daughters

             
 are beyond yo

        
ur command
             
Your old road 

            
is rapidly agi

 
n'
             
Please get out

         
 of the new on

            
e if you can't

         
 lend a hand
             
For the times 

            
they are a-cha

  
ngin'


[Verse 5]

             
The line it is

            
 drawn the cur

          
se it is cast
             
The slow one n

           
ow will later 

     
be fast
             
As the present

           
 now will late

      
r be past
             
The order is r

        
apidly fadin'
             
And the first 

         
one now will l

      
ater be last
             
For the times 

            
they are a-cha

  
ngin'