come gather round people wherever you roam and admit that the waters around you have grown and accept it that soon you ll be drenched to the bone if your time to you is worth savin then you better start swimmin or you ll sink like a stone for the times they are a changin come writers and critics who prophecise with your pen 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 who it s namin for the loser now will be later to win for the times they are a changin come mothers and fathers throughout the land and don t criticize what you can t understand your sons and your daughters are beyond your command your old road is rapidly agein please get out of the new one if you can t lend your hand for the times they are a changin come senators and congressmen please heed the call don t stand in the doorway don t block the hall for he who gets hurt will be he who has stalled there s a battle outside and it s ragin it ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls for the times they are a changin the line it is drawn the curse it is cast the slow one now will later be fast as the present now will later be past the order is rapidly fadin the first one now will later be last for the times they are a changin for the times they are a changin for the times they are a changin for the times they are a changin 