Based on Live Concert version recorded on October 12, 2012 at the Performing Arts Center
in New Jersey
Intro: (for two measures)
Come gather around people where ever you roam
and admit that the waters around you have grown
and except that too soon you ll be the drenched to the bone
and your time to you is worth saving
and you better start swimming or you will sink like a stone
for the times they are a changing
come writers and critics who prophesy with your pen
and keep your eyes wide with the chance won t come again
and don t speak too soon for the wheels still in spin
there s no telling who that is naming
for the loser now will be later to win
for the times they are a changing
Come senators congressman please head the hall
don t stand in the doorway don t lock up the hall
for he gets hurt for he who has stalled
There s a battle outside and it s raging
it will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
for the times they are a changing
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
and don t criticize what you can t understand
your sons and your daughters beyond your command
the old road is rapidly aging
please get out a new one and can t lend your hand
for the times they are a changing
The line is drawn the curse is cast
the slow one now will later be fast
as the present now will later be past
and the order is rapidly fading
as the first one now will later be last
for the times they are a changing