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 swimming
Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a changin
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen Keep your eyes open
The chance won't come again Watch what you say For the wheel's still in spin
And there ain't tellin' who that it's naming 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 who gets hurt Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside raging It'll rattle your windows
and shake down your walls For the times they are a changin
Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don't criticise
What you can't understand Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly aging Get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a changin (sing365)
This became an anthem for frustrated youth. It summed up the anti-establishment feelings of people who would later be known as hippies. Many of the lyrics are based on the Civil Rights movement in the US. (songfacts)
The civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolent forms of resistance. In some situations it was accompanied, or followed, by civil unrest and armed rebellion. The process was long and tenuous in many countries, and many of these movements did not fully achieve their goals although, the efforts of these movements did lead to improvements in the legal rights of previously oppressed groups of people. (wikipedia)
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