Before she sleeps in the sand?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer, my friends, is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind
How many times can a man turn his head
Before they're allowed to be free?
Too many people have died?
Before he can see the sky?
The answer is blowin' in the wind
And pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
Before it's washed to the sea?
How many deaths will it take 'til he knows

Before they're forever banned?
How many times must a man look up
Before he can hear people cry?
The answer is blowin' in the wind
How many seas must a white dove sail

How many years can a mountain exist
How many ears must one man have
The answer, my friends, is blowin' in the wind
How many years can some people exist

The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many times must the cannon balls fly