Lyrics The Times They Are A-Changin' (Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan - February 28, 1978) - Bob Dylan

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 (ah, oh)
For the times, they are a-changin'

Come, writers and critics, who prophesize with your pen
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 namin'
For the loser now might be later to win (ah, oh)
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 (ah, oh)
For the times, they are a-changin'

Come, mothers and fathers, thoughout 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 (ah, oh)
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
As the present now will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last (ah, oh)
For the times, they are a-changin'

(Ah, oh)
Thank you
We'll be here for four more nights, we will see you again
Ah, oh