Bob Dylan Lyrics
"The Times They Are A-Changin'"

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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 saving
Then you better start swimming
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize 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 telling who
That it's naming
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'

Come senators and congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorways
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's battle outside and it's raging
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
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 aging
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
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
Your old orders are
Rapidly fading
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
This song is from the album "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol 1", "Bootleg Series 1-3", "The Essential Bob Dylan", "The Essential 3.0 Bob Dylan", "The Best Of Bob Dylan", "The Very Best Of", "The Real... Bob Dylan - The Ultimate Bob Dylan Collection", "Bob Dylan At Budokan", "The Times They Are A-Changin'", "Biograph", "The Original Mono Recordings", "Bob Dylan v06", "Bob Dylan v08", "Bob Dylan v10", "Bob Dylan v16", "Bob Dylan v18", "Bob Dylan v20", "Bob Dylan v21", "Bob Dylan v22", "The Complete Budokan 1978 [Live]", "Bob Dylan v02" and "Bob Dylan v14".