Simon & Garfunkel - 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 prophesise 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 is 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 agin'.
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'.

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• Simon
• Garfunkel
• Wednesday
• Morning
• A.M.
• Times
• Are
• Changin'

[bolet77]

I prefer this song by Bob..but Simon and Art were unique

[VanGoghsEar1890]

These are the songs that will be listened to a thousand years from now.

[themredweirdoshow]

@Senkiatzu I'm always amused whenever pop stars start thinking they can switch up old sayings, like making it "lend your hand" instead of the proper "lend a hand." It's pointless, confusing and never works. But I still love ya, Bob!

[MarkDangerSmith]

this is badly mixed! if your listening on stereo headphones, the harmonies are louder than the lead vocal. and no, it doesnt mean they made it their own, its just poorly mixed, and the guitar is also too low in the mix.

[jeverydk]

Thumps up for actually listening to this soon at 3 am - only to feel better :) Good new year and i hope we'll see changes around the world in 2012. For the better i hope.

[TheInfinityFire]

Again, the likebar has no red!

[smedly500]

Beautiful rendition.

[omnignorance]

@AntNo10003640 They're always changing, just not always in ways we would hope for them to. The more systems of control there are the greater the pressure becomes to break them. Also the greater the number of people the less value we all tend to place on people, because of limited resources and there being few meaningful things one can do with one's life. Change isn't always easy to see until it's in full force.

[Senkiatzu]

@AntNo10003640 I think you may have missed the point of the song. It's not saying "The times are getting better." Just that they are changing, for better or worse, and that we can't know for sure what the future will bring, as anything could happen. "The slow one now may later be fast, and the President now will later be past." It also criticizes does who criticize change, as change is inevitable. "Your old road is rapidly aging, please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand."

[mrsgstd]

@Keviamaya I know why I do. Simon and Garfunkel have better sounding voices. Dylan wrote some great stuff but his singing was not always his strong point. Although some of his songs would not mean as much if anyone other than he, had sung them.

[AntNo10003640]

Sadly, the times did'nt change.... :(

[Superape613]

@bolet77 shouldn't that be Paul and Art?