gather round people wherever you roam 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 senators congressmen please heed the call don t stand in the doorway don t block up the hall for he who gets hurt will be he who has stalled there s a battle outside and it is ragin it ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls for the times they are a changin mothers and fathers throughout the land don t criticize what you can t understand your sons and your daughters are beyond your command your old road is rapidly agin please get out of the new one if you can t lend your hand for the times they are a changin 