The Times They Are a Changin'

Come gather ye people, wherever ye roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
Accept that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone
If your world to you is worth saving
You’d better start swimming, or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times, they are a changin’

Come writers and pundits, prophesy with your pen
Keep your eyes wide, the chance won’t come again
But don’t speak too soon for the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ whom that it’s naming
The loser now, later will win
For the times, they are a changin’

Come Congressman, Senators please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall
For he gets hurt is he who stalled
There’s a battle outside and it’s raging
It will shake up your windows and rattle your walls
For the times, they are a changin’

Come 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 again
Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend a hand
For the times, they are a changin’

The line it is drawn and the curse it is cast
The slow one now will later be fast
The present now will later by past
The order is rapidly changing
The first one now will later be last
For the times, they are a changin’

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