The Times They Are A-Changin'

Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
For the loser now will be later to win
The order is rapidly fadin'
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
Come senators, congressmen please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
And the first one now will later be last

For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it is ragin'
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
The line it is drawn, and the curse it is cast
Your old road is rapidly fadin'
For the times they are a-changin'
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
As the present now will later be past
For the times they are a-changin'
The slow one now will later be fast
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
For the times they are a-changin'
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand