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