Released: November 8, 1965
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Brian Wilson
[Verse]
Oh, one more time
(And I didn't want ....)
(Hey Al, ....)
(What?)
(...)
(Al's gonna sing a 'test song.)
(Yeah, sing it for us.)
(Sing a what?)
(A 'test song. It was a protest song until you tried it. Now it's a 'test.)
(Do a little protest.)
(I can't hear you, Ally.)
(Yay, I'm gonna give Al a hand.)
(I can't hear you, Al.)
(Yay for Al.)
(Can't hear you, Al.)
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
(Right!) [Laughter]
If your time to you is worth saving
Then you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
(Glug.) (Wrong!)
For the times they are a-changing
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
(Right!)
And keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again
(Wrong!)
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no telling who that it's naming
(No!)
Because the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changing
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
("Eve of Destruction")
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly aging
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changing
[?]
(... put on your shoes.)
[?]
(Wait a second, where's the note? ...)
Bar, Bar, Bar
(Oh shit...)
Bar, Bar, Bar
(Go back to the piano.)
(F sharp, wasn't it?)
(I can't read. [Laugh])
(Let's go.)
(What note? What where's the note?)
Ba ba ba, you don't know how to sing, "Ba ba black sheep, have you any wool?"
Yes sir, no sir, none, just a little
(Oh, that was cute.)
Oh, one more time
(And I didn't want ....)
(Hey Al, ....)
(What?)
(...)
(Al's gonna sing a 'test song.)
(Yeah, sing it for us.)
(Sing a what?)
(A 'test song. It was a protest song until you tried it. Now it's a 'test.)
(Do a little protest.)
(I can't hear you, Ally.)
(Yay, I'm gonna give Al a hand.)
(I can't hear you, Al.)
(Yay for Al.)
(Can't hear you, Al.)
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
(Right!) [Laughter]
If your time to you is worth saving
Then you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
(Glug.) (Wrong!)
For the times they are a-changing
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
(Right!)
And keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again
(Wrong!)
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no telling who that it's naming
(No!)
Because the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changing
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
("Eve of Destruction")
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly aging
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changing
[?]
(... put on your shoes.)
[?]
(Wait a second, where's the note? ...)
Bar, Bar, Bar
(Oh shit...)
Bar, Bar, Bar
(Go back to the piano.)
(F sharp, wasn't it?)
(I can't read. [Laugh])
(Let's go.)
(What note? What where's the note?)
Ba ba ba, you don't know how to sing, "Ba ba black sheep, have you any wool?"
Yes sir, no sir, none, just a little
(Oh, that was cute.)
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Beach Boys’ Party! (1965)
The Beach Boys popular songs
- Surfin’ USA
- God Only Knows
- Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- Good Vibrations
- Kokomo
- Sloop John B
- California Girls
- I Get Around
- Surf’s Up
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Don’t Worry Baby
- In My Room
- I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
- Surfin’ Safari
- You Still Believe in Me
- Forever
- That’s Not Me
- Fun, Fun, Fun
- Heroes and Villains
- Caroline, No
- 409
- Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
- I Know There’s an Answer
- Barbara Ann