Come gather Iranians
You all stand alone
And admit that the waters
Around you have dried
And accept it that soon
You'll be bleached to the bone.
If your life to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start walkin'
Or you'll die like a stone
For the times they aren’t a-changin'.
Come liberals and pundits
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes shut
For it’s
And don't speak at all
For the wheel's still in spin
And you’re tellin' who
That it's blamin'.
For the death squads now
Will be later to win
For the times they aren’t a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Don’t heed the call
Just stand in the doorway
And block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Won’t buy American at all
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll not shake your windows
Nor rattle your walls
For the times they aren’t a-changin'.
Come hippies and peaceniks
And look at Iran
And don't criticize
Who you can't understand
These sons and these daughters
Will just die in the sand
Freedom’s road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please forget Uncle Sam
The Yanks won't lend a hand
For the times they aren’t a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The vote it is cast
The quiet One’s fief
It was once the best
As the hope He dashed now
Will soon be the past
Freedom is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the First One now
Will watch over their last
O, The Times They Aren’t A Changing
