The Times They Are A-Changin’ Songtext
von The Seekers

Come gather ′round people wherever you roam
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, writers and critics, who prophecy 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
There′s a battle outside, and it's ragin′
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 agein'
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
The present now will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin′
And the first was now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'