Come senators, Congressmen
And there's no tellin' who
Will later be last
Who prophesize with your pen
As the present now
Don't speak too soon

Don't block at the doorway
For the wheel's still in spin
The chance won't come again
And accept it that soon

The slow one now
There's a battle outside
Please heed the call

Come mothers and fathers

Will later be past

Or you'll sink like a stone
You'll be drenched to the bone
Rapidly fadin'
For the times they are a-changin'
Please get out of the new one
What you can't understand
Rapidly agin'

And the curse it is cast
Is worth savin'
Are beyond your command
The line it is drawn
Around you have grown

And rattle your walls
Will be later to win
If your time to you
The order is
That it's namin'

Keep your eyes wide
Don't criticize
Will later be fast

It'll soon shake your windows

And it's ragin'

If you can't lend a hand
Will be he who has stalled
For the times they are a-changin'
For he that gets hurt
Your old road is
For the times they are a-changin'
For the loser now
And the first one now
Then you better start swimmin'
Don't block up the hall
Come writers and critics
For the times they, they are a-changin'

For your times they are a-changin'
Your sons and your daughters
And admit that the waters
Throughout the land