The Times They Are A Changin - The Byrds
written by Bob Dylan

[Verse 1]
             
Come gather ro

              
und people whe

            
re ever you ro

am
              
Admit that the

        
 waters around

 you have grow

n
             
Accept it that

              
 soon you'll b

             
e drenched to 

    
the bone
              
If your time t

              
o you is worth

  
 savin?

[Chorus]
             
Then you bette

             
r start swimmi

             
ng 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
              
Keep your eyes

              
 open the chan

         
ce won't come 

again
             
And watch what

              
 you say for t

             
he wheel's sti

      
ll in spin
              
There's no tel

              
lin who that i

    
t's name'n

[Chorus]
             
For the loser 

            
now will be la

       
ter to win
             
For the times 

             
they are a cha

        
ngin

[Verse 3]
             
Come senators 

             
congressmen pl

              
ease 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's ragin

[Chorus]
             
Will rattle ou

             
r windows and 

             
shake down you

  
r 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 

              
daughters are 

             
beyond your co

   
mmand
              
Your old road 

            
is rapidly age

'n

[Chorus]
             
Get out of the

             
 new one if yo

             
u can't lend y

         
our hand
             
For the times 

             
they are a cha

           
ngin

[Outro]