And accept that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
So get out of the new one if you can't lend the hand
If your time to you is worth savin'
The order is rapidly fadin' and the first one now will later be last
The slow one now will later be fast
Come writers and critics who prophecise with your pen
And don't criticize what you don't understand
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' now where it's namin'
The line it is drawn, the curse it is cast
For the times they are a-changin'
For the times they are a-changin'
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone
As the present now will later be past
Your old road is rapidly agein'
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
