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’.

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday

Cause everybody knows, that nobody really knows
How to make it work, or how to ease the hurt
We’ve heard it all before, that everybody knows
How to make it right, I wish we gave it one more try

God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
The only thing that I pray is that me feet don’t fail me now

Every generation gets a chance to change the world.
Pity the nation that won’t listen to your boys and girls.