The Times They Are a-Changin'
Bob Dylan Lyrics


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'
And you better start swimmin'
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 tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
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 that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will 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 agin'
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
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'

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Written by: Bob Dylan

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Juan Camacho

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'
And you better start swimmin'
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 tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
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 that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will 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 agin'
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
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'



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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'

Man, something about that part brought a chill to my body. My generation is headed out the door.



emmemm1947

This verse seems more relevant today (6/5/2020) than ever before.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'



All comments from YouTube:

iamwearingacup

A song that will never age.

Jery Hans

@Bob Parper 🌚

Bas Hess

DOH, THE TIMES RRR CHANGING

J.S.B.

That's because the situations and circumstances that inspired them are always present.

Shadow

Couldn’t agree more

phyllis benjamin

It is timeless

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Steven Senator

It's both mind-blowing and borderline scary that a 23 year old can write a masterpiece like this. It is truely one of the most (if not THE most) ageless & profound songs ever written.

Richard Hansen

I was just thinking the same exact thing as I came upon your comment while listening. Being so young and prolific as well. In days such as this where there is so much going on, the song rings eerily poignant.

Robert Yates

Actually 22, as he was born 5/24/1941 and I read he recorded it in the fall of 1963 and then it was released winter of 1964 before his 23rd birthday. So interesting!

Steven Senator

@Jon May Young minds are more creative

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