Billy Joel The Times They Are A-changin` Lyrics

The Times They Are A-changin` Lyrics

The Times They Are A-Changin'





                            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'

                            then you better start swimmin'

                            or you'll sink like a stone

                            for the times they are a-changin'



                            Come writers and critics who prophecise 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 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,

                            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'