AEA
Hey, old man. Remember 1964?
EA
With your hair long and curly trying to end the damn war?
EA
With your peace signs and marches, it shook you to the core
EA
But here we are again and I don't see you no more
[Chorus]
DA
And the times, they are not changin'
EA
It's the same as it was once before
DAF#m
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
DEA
And now you just don't care anymore
[Verse 2]
AEA
Then the 70's came and you got a real job
EA
You bought a house in the suburbs on a half-acre lot
EA
They started busin' in children, and you quit smokin' pot
EA
The oil prices went higher, and the whole world is shot
[Chorus]
DA
And the times, they are not changin'
EA
It's the same as it was once before
DAF#m
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
DEA
And now you just don't care anymore
[Verse 3]
AEA
Then the 80's swept in with a new set of rules
EA
You sent your kids off to private, all-lilly-white schools
EA
Kept all your hand-me-down money, and your millionaire's jewels
EA
Give 'em food stamps and welfare, "Don't complain, you poor fools"
[Chorus]
DA
And the times, they are not changin'
EA
It's the same as it was once before
DAF#m
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
DEA
And now you just don't care anymore
[Verse 4]
AEA
From the 90's 'til now, not a whole lot has changed
EA
The rich folks keep the winnings and make the rules to the games
EA
And expect us somehow, to just feel lucky to play
EA
But we see it all get harder and harder each day
[Chorus]
DA
And the times, they are not changin'
EA
It's the same as it was once before
DAF#m
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
DEA
And now you just don't care anymore
[Verse 5]
AEA
And if this song hurts your feelings, that don't mean it ain't true
AEA
Nah, it just means that we're probably singin' 'bout you
[Chorus]
DA
And the times, they are not changin'
EA
It's the same as it was once before
DAF#m
You got yourself a little, turned your back on the middle
DEA
And now you just don't care anymore
[Outro]
DAF#m
Soon as you got a little, you turned your back on the middle
DEA
And now you just don't care anymore