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 prophesize 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’
Young twenty-three-year-old Dylan wrote and recorded his prophetic song in 1962, over half a century ago. That's how it is with prophets, they see the future most do not; They speak truth most dare not; They offer sage advice most heed not; They are remembered for their insights and courage to speak the truth.
I believe music is the antidote that brings us together in sad times and through trials while lifting us up with hope when we need it most. Wishing you Thanksgiving music to fill your heart with hope.
Thank you for choosing this prophet and captioning his words. Indeed a perfect chronicle that life is change! Woe to those who fall back and cringe and hide as their lips cry out "I hate change!!" They are fearfully because they sadly lack faith. I am truly grateful to live in each present moment. To have faith that "All will be well." To embrace that leading by example, simply and faithfully is my purpose. To declare "If we are not here to help each other, what is the point?" I choose to bring up the topics we have been warned not to discuss. Especially during this special Thanksgiving time of gathering with family and friends. The family we are born…
Grateful for good health, family, my church community. Recognize how lucky I am to have adequate housing, heat, food, and so many “basics” that I may take for granted at times and that many others in our country lack.
I’m grateful for family and friends, and smiles from strangers.