Tracy Chapman - The Times They Are A-Changin' Lyrics

Come gather round people wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you'Â'll be drenched to the bone

If your time to you is worth saving
Then you'Â'd better start swimming or you'Â'll sink like a stone
For the times, they are a changing

Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pens
And keep your eyes open, the chance wonÂ''t come again
And donÂ''t speak too soon, the wheel'Â's still in spin

And thereÂ''s no telling who that itÂ's naming
Oh the loser will be later to win
For the times, they are a changing

Come senators, congressmen, please head the call
Don'Â't stand in the doorway, don'Â't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be her that has stalled

The battle outside ragging will soon shake your windows
And rattle your hall
For the times, they are a changing

Come mothers and fathers all over this land
And donÂ''t criticize what you canÂ''t understand
Your sons and your daughter are beyond your command

Your old role is rapidly aging
Please get out of the new one if you canÂ't lend a hand
For the times, they are a changing

The line, it is drawn, the curse, it is cast
The slow one will later be fast
And the present now will soon be the past

The order is rapidly fading
The first one now will later be last
For the times, they are a changing