A little reworking for the "Times" :
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And see that hungryAround you still groan
And the rich just get richer
Off of your subprime loan.
And for the statusWe keep on fightin'.
Well you best not get sick
Or they'll come for your home
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen.
Keep your mouths shut
Or you'll be done in
Even if those in control
Are shrouded in money and sin.
No sources means
No workn'.
And the winner nowWill stay where they've been
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call.
There's no cash that's too dirty
No lie that's too tall.
Forget the children that's starvin'
There's progress to stall
And don't dare vote
On your soul
Or they'll shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
You failed in your time
But now you understand
That your sons and your daughters
Will shop on command.
The 60's are too
Long ago.
So stay in your jobs
Whilst the bank takes your land
For the times they are a-changin'.
Obama is runnin'
And our ballots are cast
But our mistake was thinking
That change would come fast
So we can't believe that the present
Will be just like the past.
Seems the order is
Written in stone.
And if you're in need
You can expect to be last
For the times they are a-changin'.