Bob Dylan is a modern bard, delivering powerful messages to anyone who would hear him. He was very well-versed in the ways of life, and his pure, simplistic writing style works to communicate with a wider audience. In his most infamous work, The Times, They Are A-Changin', Dylan comments on the nature of growing up in a world where political views are constantly shifting.

Come gather around people.

Wherever you roam.

And admit that the waters,

Around you have grown.

This first part is calling to anyone who would listen. It acknowledges that things are more serious than when we were children.

And accept it that soon

You'll be drenched to the bone

And if your breath to you is worth saving

Then you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone

For the times they are a-changing

Here, Dylan is saying, that anyone who can't accept the changes and grow with them is doomed to be swept up in them. It's important to change with the times.

Come writers and critics

Who prophesize with your pen

And keep your eyes wide

The chance won't come again

Here, he's saying that it is important to document the changes to which we bear witness. It's important that those who can write and shape the minds of the people do so.

And don't speak too soon

For the wheel's still in spin

And there's no telling who that it's naming

For the loser now will be later to win

Cause the times they are a-changing

Nothing will be the same again. So it's really important that you respect others, because you never know who's going to be on top in the end.

Come senators, congressmen

Please heed the call

Don't stand in the doorway

Don't block up the hall

To those in power, it is important to allow progress to happen. It's important to adapt the changes in the people you represent.

For he that gets hurt

Will be he who has stalled

There's the battle outside raging

It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls

For the times they are a-changing

The changes in the world cannot be avoided. While the leaders go out and wage wars against one another, innocent people are then forced to fight their battles.

Come mothers and fathers

Throughout the land

And don't criticize

What you can't understand

Some people are different than you. It's important to remember not to judge someone for being different. If people could accept each other's differences, the world would be a much happier place.

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

Cause the times they are a-changing

There comes a time in one's life when they need to let go of those in their care. They're ready to go off and face the world for themselves. The young people are the future of the world, and will end up making some changes you won't agree with.

The line it is drawn

The curse it is cast

The slowest now

Will later be fast

As the present now

Will later be past

The order is rapidly fading

And the first one now will later be last

Cause the times they are a-changing

Everything will eventually change. It's important to know when it's time to give up your own power to give it to someone more deserving.

All in all, Dylan writes with simplistic lyrics and a humble goal. He simply wishes to create a positive change in a world that has been nothing but cruel and heartless. Bob Dylan serves as the poetic voice of change in the world to this day. He has more than earned his Nobel Prize for writing.