The times they are a-changin’

[Verse 1]
             
Come gather 'r

            
ound people wh

            
ere ever you r

oam
             
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'
            
Then you bette

              
r start swimmi

             
n' or you'll s

       
ink like a sto

ne
             
For the times 

            
they are a-cha

 
ngin’


[Verse 2]
             
Come writers a

            
nd critics who

             
 prophesize 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

  
ngin’


[Verse 3]
             
Come senators,

           
 congressmen p

              
lease heed the

 
 call 
             
don't stand in

            
 the doorway d

             
on'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 is 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

            
 can'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 your han

d
             
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’