the times they are a-changin'

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 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 agin', please get out of the new one, if you can't lend your hand, for the times they are a-changin'. 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', and the first one now, will later be last, for the times they are a-changin'.