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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

             
Come gather 'r

            
ound, people, 

            
wherever 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

 
 saving
             
Then you bette

           
r start swimmi

             
n' or you'll s

           
ink like a sto

ne
             
For the times,

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 they are a-ch

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angin'


[Verse 2]

             
Come writers a

            
nd critics who

             
 prophesize wi

        
th your pen
             
And keep your 

            
eyes wide, the

        
 chance won't 

come again
             
And don't spea

            
k too soon, fo

             
r the wheel's 

         
still 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-ch

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angin'


[Verse 3]

             
Come senators,

            
 congressmen, 

             
please heed th

  
e 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
             
The battle out

     
side ragin'
             
Will soon shak

           
e your windows

             
 and rattle yo

   
ur walls
             
For the times,

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 they are a-ch

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angin'


[Verse 4]

             
Come mothers a

            
nd fathers all

         
 over the land
             
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,

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 they are a-ch

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angin'


[Verse 5]

             
The line, it i

           
s drawn, the c

            
urse, it is ca

st
            
The slow one n

       
ow will later 

be fast
             
As the present

           
 now will late

     
r be past
             
The order is r

       
apidly fadin'
          
The first one 

             
now will later

    
 be last
             
For the times,

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 they are a-ch

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angin'


[Coda]

             
For the times,

           | 
 they are a-ch

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angin'